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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of intrahepatic mucoepidermoid carcinoma described in present and previous reports

From: Unusual mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the liver misdiagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma by intraoperative histological examination

No.

Authors (yr.)

Age (year)/Gender

Location/size (cm)

Clinical manifestation

Tumor markers

Preoperative diagnosis

Metastasis

Histological grading

Treatment

Outcome

1

Pianzola LE [5]

44/M

RL/15.0

Abdominal pain

NA

Hydatid cyst

None

NA

Surgical excision

Liver failure and dead 45 days after surgery

2

Ho JC [6]

65/M

RL/8.0

Jaundice

NA

NA

Lymph node and pancreas

NA

Conservative

Complication and dead 14 days after biopsy

3

 

63/F

LL/6.0

Abdominal pain

NA

NA

Lymph node and pancreas

NA

Conservative

Dead 16 days after diagnosis

4

Koo J [7]

44/F

LL/12.0

Cholangitis and hepatomegaly

AFP < 5

CC

None

NA

Surgical excision + Chemotherapy

Recurrence and dead 6 months after surgery

5

 

66/M

CHD/4.0

Progressive jaundice

AFP < 5

NA

Lymph node

NA

Surgical excision

Died 1 week after surgery

6

 

62/M

CHD/1.5

Progressive jaundice

APF < 5

NA

None

NA

Surgical excision

Alive after10 months following-up

7

Katsuda S [8]

78/M

LL/11.0

Hepatomegaly

AFP = 12.5

HCC

Lymph node and lung, kidney

NA

Chemotherapy

Recurrence and dead 3 months

8

Kim YI [9]

35/M

LL/18.0

Abdominal pain

AFP < 5

NA

None

NA

Surgical excision

Alive after 1 year following-up

9

Lambrianides AL [10]

59/F

RL/18.0

Abdominal pain

NA

SCC

Kidney

NA

Conservative

Dead 14 days after diagnosis

10

Hayashi I [11]

46/F

LL/3.0

Abdominal pain

AFP = 20

NA

None

High-grade

Surgical excision

Recurrence and dead 11 months after surgery

11

Di Palma S [12]

66/F

LL/9.5

Abdominal pain

CA19-9 = 500, CEA < 2

NA

Diaphragm and pericardial

High-grade

Surgical excision

Whole body metastasis and dead 6 months after surgery

12

Kim JM [13]

68/M

LL/10.0

NA

AFP < 5

NA

None

NA

Conservative

NA

13

Shuangshoti S Jr [14]

64/M

LL/5.0

Jaundice

NA

NA

Lymph node

High-grade

Conservative

Intestinal bleeding and dead 7 days after diagnosis

14

Kang H [15]

52/M

LL/7.0

Epigastric pain

AFP < 5, SCC = 14.1

HCC

Lymph node

High-grade

Surgical excision

Dead 6 month after surgery

15

Choi D [16]

69/F

RL/16.0

Abdominal pain

CA19-9 = 240

Liver abscess

Diaphragm

NA

Surgical excision

Recurrence and dead 4 months after surgery

16

Arakawa Y [17]

81/F

RL/10.0

Fever

CA19-9 = 14893

CC

Lymph node

High-grade

Chemotherapy

Cholangitis and dead 4 months after diagnosis

17

The present case

60/F

LL/8.5

Jaundice and epigastric pain

CA19-9 = 50

CC

Lymph node

High-grade

Surgical excision + chemotherapy

Recurrence and dead 6 months after surgery

  1. M, male; F, female; RL, right lobe of liver; LL, left lobe of liver; CHD, common hepatic duct; AFP, a-fetoprotein; CA19-9, carbohydrate antigen 19–9; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CC, cholangiocarcinoma; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; NA, not available.