Ectopic liver tissue on the gallbladder: A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guided systematic review

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of reported cases of ectopic liver tissue on the gallbladder

Ref.	Year	Country	Language	Age	Sex	History of liver disease	Preliminary diagnosis
Emral[96]	2025	Türkiye	English	34	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Wan et al[99]	2025	China	English	40	Female	Chronic liver disease	Liver cancer
Jain et al[97]	2025	United States	English	36	Female	No	Gallbladder polyp
				57	Female	No	Chronic calculous cholecystitis + malignancy
Touati et al[98]	2024	Tunisia	English	45	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Zhang and Zheng[3]	2025	China	English	51	Female	No	Gallbladder polyp
Xu et al[4]	2024	United States	English	52	Male	Hepatosteatosis	Biliary dyskinesia + gallbladder polyp
				35	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Imamura et al[5]	2024	Japan	English	40	Male	NA	Cholelithiasis
Ferjaoui et al[6]	2024	Tunisia	English	60	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Echeverry-Gutiérrez et al[7]	2024	Mexico	English	34	Male	No	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
Zhang et al[28]	2023	Australia	English	36	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Öğüt et al[29]	2023	Türkiye	English	44	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Nakajima et al[17]	2023	Japan	English	74	Male	Alcoholic liver disease	Acute calculous cholecystitis + choledocholithiasis
Hussein Al-Janabi et al[30]	2023	Syria	English	40	Male	No	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
				52	Male	No	NA
Arora and Kalra[31]	2023	India	English	60	Male	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Yildirim et al[32]	2022	Türkiye	English	51	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Hanaki and Miyatani[33]	2022	Japan	English	60	Male	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Goyal and Vikas[34]	2022	India	English	NA	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Çağlar[35]	2022	Türkiye	Turkish	38	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Sarı et al[36]	2021	Türkiye	English	45	Male	No	Cholelithiasis
				41	Female	No	Cholelithiasis + choledocholithiasis
Rakka et al[37]	2021	Belgium	English	40	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Moshref and Alotaibi[38]	2021	Saudi Arabia	English	47	Male	No	Acute on chronic calculous cholecystitis
Healy and Harris[39]	2021	Australia	English	61	Male	Cirrhosis	NA
Kachi et al[9]	2020	Lebanon	English	62	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
				44	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Avdaj et al[13]	2020	Kosovo	English	47	Female	No	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
Akbulut et al[1]	2020	Türkiye	English	25	Female	No	Living liver donor
				45	Female	Cirrhosis	Cirrhosis
Yüksel et al[40]	2019	Türkiye	English	34	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Pandit et al[41]	2019	Nepal	English	30	Female	No	Biliary pancreatitis calculous
Mannan et al[42]	2019	Saudi Arabia	English	38	Female	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Isa et al[24]	2019	Bahrain	English	42	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Granek et al[26]	2019	Australia	English	36	Male	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Baral et al[43]	2019	United States	English	67	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Topcu et al[14]	2018	Türkiye	English	64	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
				70	Female	No	Pancreatic cancer
Lodha et al[44]	2018	India	English	50	Male	NA	Kidney tumor
Greenberg et al[45]	2018	United States	English	52	Female	Hepatosteatosis	Cholelithiasis
Burke et al[46]	2018	Ireland	English	30	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Weber-Alvarez et al[15]	2017	Mexico	English	37	Female	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Termos et al[47]	2017	Kuwait	English	73	Female	No	Gallbladder cancer
Galimov et al[48]	2017	Russia	Russian	70	Male	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Yahya et al[49]	2016	Libya	English	45	Female	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
				45	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
				35	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
				20	Male	NA	Penetrating abdominal injury
Mani et al[50]	2016	United States	English	56	Male	Hepatosteatosis	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Longjam et al[51]	2016	India	English	42	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Leena[52]	2016	India	English	25	Male	NA	Autopsy
Kostov and Kobakov[53]	2016	Bulgaria	English	49	Male	Rectum cancer liver metastasis	Rectum cancer liver metastasis
Karaca et al[10]	2016	Türkiye	English	43	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Jaboury[54]	2016	Australia	English	22	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Ito et al[19]	2016	Japan	English	59	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Handra-Luca[55]	2016	France	English	68	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
				56	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Aslan and Akkas[56]	2016	Türkiye	English	49	Female	NA	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
Yankol et al[57]	2015	Türkiye	English	30	Male	No	Living liver donor
Smyth et al[58]	2015	Australia	English	77	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Hussein et al[59]	2015	Lebanon	English	49	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Bal et al[2]	2015	Türkiye	English	51	Female	NA	Biliary pancreatitis calculous
Abhilash et al[60]	2015	India	English	45	Female	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Terakawa et al[61]	2014	Japan	Japanese	33	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Pulle et al[62]	2014	India	English	43	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Arslan et al[12]	2014	Türkiye	English	59	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Yajima et al[63]	2013	Japan	Japanese	73	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Sirasanagandla et al[64]	2013	India	English	62	Male	NA	Autopsy
Öztürk et al[65]	2013	Türkiye	Turkish	35	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Martinez et al[11]	2013	Brazil	English	37	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Khan et al[66]	2013	India	English	32	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Hassan et al[67]	2013	India	English	32	Female	No	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
Sözen et al[68]	2012	Türkiye	Turkish	40	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Patel et al[69]	2011	United Kingdom	English	21	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Karaman et al[25]	2012	Türkiye	English	63	Male	NA	Cholelithiasis
Mallya et al[100]	2012	India	English	36	Female	No	Living liver donor
Nagar et al[70]	2011	United States	English	25	Female	No	Abdominal pain + cystic mass
Dettmer et al[71]	2011	Switzerland	English	91	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Catani et al[72]	2011	Italy	English	72	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
				83	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Ateş et al[73]	2010	Türkiye	Turkish	64	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
				49	Male	NA	Cholelithiasis
Triantafyllidis et al[21]	2009	Greece	English	56	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Sánchez et al[74]	2009	Mexico	Spanish	36	Male	NA	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
Kyeong et al[75]	2008	South Korea	English	66	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Soto et al[76]	2007	United States	English	32	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Malhas et al[77]	2007	United Kingdom	English	39	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
				42	Male	Hepatosteatosis	Cholelithiasis
Koh and Hunt[78]	2007	Australia	English	60	Female	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Beltran et al[79]	2007	Chile	English	33	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
				27	Male	NA	Gastric cancer
				35	Male	NA	Pancreatic pseudocyst
				47	Male	No	Cholelithiasis
Wang and Liu[80]	2006	China	Chinese	38	Male	NA	Gallbladder polyp
Ngowe Ngowe et al[81]	2006	Cameroun	French	46	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Ikeda et al[82]	2006	Japan	English	70	Male	Chronic liver disease	Cirrhosis + hepatocellular carcinoma
Lundy et al[83]	2005	United States	English	38	Female	NA	Liver cancer
Leone et al[16]	2004	Italy	English	54	Female	No	Gallbladder cancer
Sakarya et al[84]	2002	Turkey	English	NA	NA	NA	NA
Griniatsos et al[88]	2002	United Kingdom	English	39	Female	NA	Acute calculous cholecystitis
				49	Male	NA	Cholelithiasis
Acar et al[86]	2002	Turkey	English	55	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Arakawa et al[23]	1999	Japan	English	48	Male	Alcoholic liver disease	Autopsy
Hamdani and Baron[87]	1994	United States	English	49	Male	Cirrhosis	Primer sclerosing cholangitis
Ohbuchi et al[88]	1993	Japan	Japanese	64	Female	No	Gallbladder polyp
Boyle et al[89]	1992	United States	English	44	Female	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Watanabe et al[22]	1989	Japan	English	37	Male	Cystic liver lesion	Cystic liver lesion
				56	Male	Cirrhosis	Alcoholic liver disease
				71	Female	Cirrhosis	Cirrhosis
				64	Female	Cirrhosis	Cirrhosis
Tejada and Danielson[90]	1989	United States	English	43	Male	NA	Cholelithiasis + hereditary spherocytosis
Fellbaum et al[91]	1987	Austria	German	34	Female	NA	Cholelithiasis
Natori et al[92]	1986	Japan	English	56	Female	No	Cholelithiasis
Ashby[93]	1969	United Kingdom	English	42	Male	NA	Duodenal ulcer
Bassis and Izenstark[94]	1956	United States	English	5 days	Male	NA	Autopsy
				NA	NA	NA	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
				NA	NA	NA	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
				NA	NA	NA	Chronic calculous cholecystitis
Thorsness[95]	1941	United States	English	63	Female	NA	Autopsy
Cullen[8]	1925	United States	English	33	Female	No	Jaundice
Our case 1				58	Male	No	Acute calculous cholecystitis
Our case 2				30	Female	No	Living liver donor
Our case 3				41	Female	No	Cholelithiasis

NA: Not available.