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ArticleRare tumors2021

A rare case of chordoma presenting as a Pancoast tumor.

Philip T Sobash, Krishna Vedala, Daniel Alfano, Heather Pinckard-Dover, Jason L Muesse, Raman Desikan

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Article in Rare tumors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip T SobashDepartment of Internal Medicine, White River Health System, Batesville, AR, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9711-604X
Krishna VedalaDepartment of Internal Medicine, White River Health System, Batesville, AR, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-6535
Daniel AlfanoDepartment of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Heather Pinckard-DoverDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Jason L MuesseDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Raman DesikanDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, White River Health System, Batesville, AR, USA.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The notochord is the defining structure of all chordate embryos. It is a midline structure ventral to the ectoderm, neural plates, and neural arch. Remnants of the notochord ultimately give rise to the nucleus pulposus. The function of the notochord is to organize the surrounding structures. Chordoma is a rare malignant bone tumor arising from remnants of the notochord. These tumors are indolent and can present as incidental or locally advanced involving adjacent structures. These tumors typically present at the skull base and sacral spine but more rarely can be seen on the cervical and thoracic spine. Rare cases of chordoma invading the brachial plexus have been recorded. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment for chordomas. We would like to discuss a novel presentation of a chordoma as a Pancoast tumor, and aim to highlight the clinical importance of accurate diagnosis and planning therapy along with poor prognosis of incomplete surgical resection.

Indexed as

brachial plexusChordomamolecular therapyPancoast tumorproton beam therapy

Identifiers

PMID34276922
PMCPMC8255556
OpenAlexW3183330266

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