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Table 1 Clinical Features of 45 Cases of Primary Hepatic Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma in the English literature

From: Clinical characteristics of the primary hepatic malignant fibrous histiocytoma in China: case report and review of the literature

References/Published date

Authors

No. Cases

Age/Sex

Presentation

Location

Size (Largest Dimension, cm)

Therapy

Follow-up/Outcome

5

1985

Alberti-Flor et al

1

59/M

Abdominal pain, anorexia, low fever, weight loss

Right and left lobe

18

Surgery

2 w/died of tumor

6

1985

Conran et al

1

61/M

Abdominal pain, anorexia, jaundice, weight loss

Right and left

7

Puncture biopsy

18 d/died of tumor

7

1986

Fukayama et al

1

38/F

Hepatic mass

Left lobe

7

Surgery

4 y/alive without recurrence

8

1987

Arends et al

1

78/F

Abdominal discomfort, anorexia,shortness of breath;

Right and left lobe

> 10

Palliative

6 d/died of tumor

9

1988

Bruneton et al

2

52/F

Abdominal pain

Right lobe

10

Surgery

2 y/alive without recurrence

    

34/M

Abdominal pain

Right lobe

13

Palliative operation

6 mo/died of tumor

10

1988

Honda et al

1

71/F

Weight loss, fatigue, fever

Right lobe

> 10

Puncture biopsy, chemoembolization

4 mo/died of tumor

11

1988

Katsuda et al

1

61/M

Abdominal discomfort

Right lobe

8.5

Surgery and chemotherapy

6 mo/died of tumor

12

1991

Hamasaki et al

1

35/M

Abdominal fullness, palpable mass

Left lobe

9.1

Surgery, Intraarterial therapy, later liver transplant

34 mo/died of lung metastasis

13

1992

Akifuji et al

1

79/M

Anorexia, fatigue

Left lobe

8

Chemoembolization, Surgery

5 mo/recurrence

14

1992

Zornig et al

1

36/F

Abdominal pain

N/A

7

Surgery, postoperate chemotherapy

63 mo/alive without tumor

15

1992

McGrady et al

1

53/F

Left-sided chest pain

Left lobe

14 (operation)

Surgery, 5 years later recured, surgery again

9 y/alive without tumor after second surgery

16

1993

Reed et al

1

52/M

Spike fever

Right lobe

> 10

Surgery, postoperate chemotherapy

2 mo/died of metastasis

17

1994

Pinson et al

1

41/M

Abdominal pain, weight loss

Right and left

11.5

Surgery

10 and a half mo/died of recurrence and metastasis

18

1998

Fujita et al

1

70/M

Malaise, anorexia, fever, weight loss

Right and left

12

Puncture biopsy, Surgery

3 mo/died of tumor

19

1998

Wunderbaldinger et al

1

56/F

Palpable mass, lower extremity swelling

Right lobe

> 10

Surgery

N/A

20†

1998

Ferrozzi et al

3

62/F†

Abdominal pain, malaise, low-grade fever, and weight loss

Right lobe

> 12

Surgery

3 y/alive without recurrence

    

67/F

Abdominal pain, weight loss, malaise and palpable mass.

Right and left

> 12

Biopsy, palliative chemotherapy.

N/A

    

69/M

Abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue and anorexia.

Right and left

> 12

Puncture biopsy, palliative chemotherapy

N/A

21†

1999

Yu et al

5

40-69(53)/4M, 1F

Abdominal discomfort*4, right shoulder and chest pain*1

Right lobe *3, left lobe *2

7-19 (mean 13)

Surgery*5

N/A*5

22

1999

Maekawa et al

1

68/M

Malaise

Right lobe

6

Surgery

N/A

23

2005

Anagnostopoulos et al

1

87/F

Abdominal pain, weight loss, low fever

Right lobe

12(CT)

Puncture biopsy

6 mo/died of tumor

24

2006

Ding et al

1

50/M

Abdominal pain, fatigue, weight loss

Right and left

14.2(CT)

Biopsy after laparotomy

2 mo/died of tumor

25‡

2007

Ye et al

1

50/M

Abdominal pain, weight loss

Left lobe

16

Surgery

4 mo/died of recurrence and metastasis

26

2007

Chen et al

1

70/M

Abdominal pain, weight loss

Right lobe

12.4(CT)

Palliative operation

1 mo/died of tumor

27†

2008

Li et al

7

77/F

Spiking fever, weight loss

Right lobe

10

Lobectomy

1 y/died of tumor

    

54/M

Abdominal pain, weight loss

Left lobe

5.5

Lobectomy

4 y/died of tumor

    

34/F

Abdominal pain

Right lobe

14

Liver and lung Lobectomy

4 mo/died of tumor

    

80/F

Abdominal discomfort, weight loss

Right lobe

20

Palliative

1 y/died of tumor

    

68/F

Abdominal pain

Right and left

2

N/A

N/A

    

46/F

Abdominal pain

Right lobe

12

Gleevecineffective

3 mo/alive, tumor larger but no metastasis

    

70/M†

Incidental finding

Right lobe

11

Lobectomy

4 y/no recurrence

28

2009

Sugitani et al

2

45/F

Abdominal pain

Left lobe

11

Surgery, 2 years and 5 months later recured, surgery again

34 mo/died of tumor metastasis

    

70/F

Jaundice

Right lobe

12

Preoperate chemotherapy, Surgery

8 mo/died of tumor metastasis

29

2009

Kim et al

1

60/M

Abdominal pain, weight loss

Right lobe

14

Surgery

41 mo/alive without recurrence

30

2010

Caldeira et al

1

63/M

Abdominal discomfort, lower extremities edema and weight loss.

Right lobe

N/A

Puncture biopsy

45 d/died of tumor

31

2011

Cong et al

5

50-71(59)/2M, 3F

Abdominal pain or discomfort*4, weight loss*1

Right lobe *2, left lobe *1, right and left*1, N/A*1

2.5-16

Surgery*5

N/A*5

  1. † indicates containing cases that were diagnosed as myxoid MFH; ‡ giant cell-type MFH