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Table 1 Six additional cases of ciliated hepatic foregut cysts

From: Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst: a report of 6 cases and a review of the English literature

Case

Age (yrs)/ sex

Clinical presentation

Tumor markers

Size (cm)

Location

Locularity

Treatment

Metaplasic epithelium

Cyto/Bx

Follow-up

Pertinent history

1

42/F

PP epigastric discomfort

WNL

8 x 4 x 4

Porta hepatis

Uni

Resection

Gastric

N

LTFU

---

2

58/F

Incidental

None

0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5

S4b

Uni

Resection

N

N

LTFU

CRC with liver mets

3

46/F

Incidental

None

1 x 0.5 x 0.3

Right liver

Uni

Observation

N

Bx

Alive

CRC

4

66/M

RUQ pain, N/V, J, WL

↑CA19-9

17 x 16 x 15

S4

Uni

Partial resection

N

N

Alive

---

5

50/F

Incidental

None

10 x 5.5 x 2

NR

aUni

Resection

N

N

LTFU

---

6

67/M

Incidental

WNL

6.5 x 4.0 x 2.0

Porta hepatis

Uni

Resection

N

Cyto

Alive

Presumed pancreatic head mass

  1. aCase 5, gross description describes cyst wall comprised of “irregular fibrous trabeculae”
  2. Bx biopsy; Cm centimeters; CRC concomitant colorectal cancer; Cyto cytology; F female; J jaundice; LTFU lost to follow-up; M male; Mets metastases; N no; NR not reported; N/V nausea/vomiting; PP post-prandial; RUQ right upper quadrant; S segment (of liver); WL weight loss; WNL within normal limits; Uni unilocular; Yrs years