This fake case report has been plagarized from previously published works and contains images that are edited and copied from different sources like wikipedia. Figure 3 of this article is a histopathology image of ERCP tissue sample but it is actually a image from wikipedia page of Tubulovillous adenoma published in 2009 and is an image of a surgically ressected tumor.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubulovillous_adenoma
The original case report published in 2015 in a local journals
https://www.journalrmc.com/jrmc/download.php?vid=1085
The authors are affliated with University of Arizona and this reflects poorly on the institute and individuals involved in this phony research.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333144294_Small_Intestinal_Tumors_A_Rare_Case_of_Tubulovillous_Adenoma_in_Duodenum
This is the fake case report publisbed in cureus on May 2019 with Mustafa N. Malik as a first author
hi,
kindly refer this link:
https://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/Case-study-Fake-News-Belgium.pdf
Perhaps journals should systematically do a 'google-image search' to make sure this does not happen... Just a real shame!
Dear Muhammad Hamza ,
This journal recently has been forced to retract a number of papers after been tipped by one of their readers: https://retractionwatch.com/category/by-journal/cureus/
Latest news, your indicated paper is retracted from PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31328063
And from the journal itself too. With the following retraction note:
https://www.cureus.com/articles/20035-small-intestinal-tumors-a-rare-case-of-tubulovillous-adenoma-in-duodenum/retraction
Retraction note states:
This article has been retracted at the request of the authors. A preliminary version of the article was previously published in an offline journal (and thus undetected by plagiarism software) and an Open Access image was also not properly credited by the authors nor disclosed to Cureus editorial staff. Proper image credit should have stated: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubulovillous_adenoma.
I don’t know if this is thanks to you, but well spotted. Good job!
Best regards.
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