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ReviewBiomedicines2020

Ocular Paraneoplastic Syndromes.

Joanna Przeździecka-Dołyk, Anna Brzecka, Maria Ejma, Marta Misiuk-Hojło, Luis Fernando Torres Solis, Arturo Solís Herrera, Siva G Somasundaram, Cecil E Kirkland, Gjumrakch Aliev

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Joanna Przeździecka-DołykDepartment of Ophthalmology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
Anna BrzeckaDepartment of Pulmonology and Lung Oncology, Wrocław Medical University, Grabiszyńska 105, 53-439 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2721-5111
Maria EjmaDepartment of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
Marta Misiuk-HojłoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4020-3203
Luis Fernando Torres SolisThe School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 20392, Mexico.
Arturo Solís HerreraHuman Photosynthesis© Research Centre, Aguascalientes 20000, Mexico.
Siva G SomasundaramDepartment of Biological Sciences, Salem University, Salem, WV 26426, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3833-4845
Cecil E KirklandDepartment of Biological Sciences, Salem University, Salem, WV 26426, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9306-5708
Gjumrakch AlievSechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), St. Trubetskaya, 8, bld. 2, 119991 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-7373-3182
Wroclaw Medical University · PLSalem University · USAutonomous University of Aguascalientes · MXSechenov University · RUWrocław University of Science and Technology · PL

Funding

GALLY International Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA ResearchHuman Photosynthesis Study Center, Aguascalientes, México ResearchRussian Academic Excellence project project "5-100" for the Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ocular-involving paraneoplastic syndromes present a wide variety of clinical symptoms. Understanding the background pathophysiological and immunopathological factors can help make a more refined differential diagnosis consistent with the signs and symptoms presented by patients. There are two main pathophysiology arms: (1) autoimmune pathomechanism, which is presented with cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR), melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR), cancer-associated cone dysfunction (CACD), paraneoplastic vitelliform maculopathy (PVM), and paraneoplastic optic neuritis (PON), and (2) ectopic peptides, which is often caused by tumor-expressed growth factors (T-exGF) and presented with bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation (BDUMP). Meticulous systematic analysis of patient symptoms is a critical diagnostic step, complemented by multimodal imaging, which includes fundus photography, optical coherent tomography, fundus autofluorescence, fundus fluorescein angiography, electrophysiological examination, and sometimes fundus indocyjanin green angiography if prescribed by the clinician. Assessment of the presence of circulating antibodies is required for diagnosis. Antiretinal autoantibodies are highly associated with visual paraneoplastic syndromes and may guide diagnosis by classifying clinical manifestations in addition to monitoring treatment.

Indexed as

cancer-associated cone dysfunctioncancer-associated retinopathyextracellular vesiclesmelanoma-associated retinopathyoptic neuritisparaneoplastic syndromesuveal melanocytic proliferationvitelliform maculopathy

Identifiers

PMID33182708
PMCPMC7698240
OpenAlexW3106529353

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