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Table 1 Summary of the previous literature in pedunculated focal nodular hyperplasia

From: Pedunculated focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver in a healthy child born following in vitro fertilization: a case report and review of the literature

Author/year of publication

Sex/age (years)

Symptoms

Size

Location

Laboratory

Imaging

Treatment

Follow-up

Chronic

OCP usage

Sawhney et al. (1991) [18]

Female/12

Asymptomatic

N/A

Left lobe of the liver

N/A

US and CT

Surgery

N/A

No

Byrnes et al. (2004) [9]

Female/30

RUQ pain

Multiple lesions (the largest one was 16 cm × 18 cm)

Seg 3, 4B

Normal

Noncontrast MRI and CT angiogram

Surgery

No complications

No

But she was pregnant

Wasif et al. (2008) [2]

Female/48

RUQ pain

3.2 cm × 2.4 cm × 2.4 cm

Seg 4B

Normal

US and CT

Surgery

No recurrence

No

Khan et al. (2011) [17]

Female/29

Abdominal pain and emesis

19.5 cm × 15.8 cm × 9.5 cm

Seg 3, 4B

Anemia and elevated liver enzymes

CT

Surgery

No recurrence

No

Badea et al. (2014) [14]

Female/29

Abdominal pain

8 cm × 5 cm

Seg 5

Normal

US, CEUS, and CT

Laparoscopic resection of the mass and gall bladder

No complications

Yes

Reddy et al. (2015) [12]

Female/35

Chronic abdominal pain

2.89 cm × 2.7 cm

Seg 3

N/A

CT and EUS

Laparoscopic resection

N/A

N/A

Zeina et al. (2016) [15]

Female/25

Epigastric pain and nausea

4.8 cm

Seg 2

Normal

US, CT, and MRI with scintigraphy using gadobenate dimeglumine

N/A

N/A

No

Zhuang et al. (2016) [19]

Male/6

Asymptomatic

10.5 cm × 9.9 cm

Right hepatic lobe

Normal

US and CT

Surgery

No complications

No

Kinoshita et al. (2017) [16]

Male/32

Asymptomatic

8 cm

Seg 4, 5

Elevated CRP, WBC, AST, and ALT

CT, MRI, and in the readmission due to rupture of the lesion a hepatic angiography was also done

Conservative management at first but due to rupture of the lesion patient underwent surgery

No complication after surgery

No

Koolwal et al. (2018) [7]

Female/3

Abdominal distension

5.9 cm

Right hepatic lobe

Normal

US, CT, and MRI

Surgery

N/A

No (history of preterm birth)

Martiniuc et al. (2018) [13]

Female/40

Asymptomatic

4.2 cm × 5 cm

Seg 3

Normal

US and contrast enhanced CT

Surgery

No complications

No

Navarini et al. (2020) [6]

Female/26

Acute abdomen and a palpable mass in the epigastrium

13 cm × 7 cm

Left hepatic lobe

N/A

MRI

Surgery

N/A

N/A

Alfayez et al. (2021) [5]

Male/5

RUQ pain

9 cm × 10 cm × 12 cm

Seg 5, 8

Normal

US, CT, and MRI

Surgery

No complications

No

Ismail et al. 2021 [10]

Female/38

Asymptomatic

4.5 cm × 3.5 cm × 3 cm

Seg 3

Normal

N/A (detected intraoperatively during surgical repair of hernia)

Surgery

No recurrence

Yes

Akaguma et al. (2023) [20]

Female/35

RUQ abdominal pain

7 cm × 7 cm × 5 cm

Seg 6

N/A

US and CT

Surgery

No complication

Yes

  1. OCP oral contraceptives, N/A not answered, Seg segment, US ultrasonography, CT computed tomography, RUQ right upper quadrant, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, CEUS contrast enhanced ultrasound, EUS endoscopic ultrasound, CRP c-reactive protein, WBC white blood cell, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase