Hepatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor: Systematic review of an exceptional location

Table 2 Diagnostic characteristics in selected patients with extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the liver

Ref.	Yr	Age / Sex	Endoscopy	Imaging	Biopsy
Hu et al[20]	2018	79/F	Yes (no findings)	CT	No
Joyon et al[21]	2018	56/M	NA	CT	Percutaneous
	2018	59/F	Yes (no findings)	CT	Guided
Carrillo et al[22]	2017	41/M	Yes (no findings)	CT / MRI	No
Lok et al[23]	2017	50/F	Yes (no findings)	CT	No
Cheng et al[24]	2016	63/M	NA	CT	No
Nagai et al[25]	2016	70/F	Yes (no findings)	CT / MRI	No
Liu et al[26]	2016	NA	NA	NA	NA
Wang et al[27]	2016	61/M	NA	CT	No
Liu et al[28]	2016	56/F	NA	CT	Surgical
Su et al[29]	2015	65/M	NA	CT	CT-guided
Bhoy et al[3]	2014	41/F	NA	US/ CT	FNA
Lin et al[30]	2015	67/F	Yes (no findings)	CT	No
Mao et al[31]	2015	60/F	Yes (no findings)	CT / MRI	No
Kim et al[32]	2014	71/M	Early gastric cancer	CT / MRI	No
Louis et al[33]	2014	55/F	NA	CT	US-FNA/CT-FNA
Zhou et al[34]	2014	56/M	Yes (no findings)	NA	No
Li et al[35]	2012	53/M	NA	CT	US-FNAB
Yamamoto et al[36]	2010	70/M	NA	CT	No
Luo et al[37]	2009	17/M	NA	CT/US	US-FNA
Ochiai et al[38]	2009	30/M	NA	CT/ MRI	No
De Chiara et al[1]	2006	37/M	NA	CT	No
Hu et al[6]	2003	79/F	NA	CT	No

M: Male; F: Female; RL: Right lobe; NA: Not available; US: Ultrasound; CT: Computerized tomography; MRI: Magnetic resonance image; FNA: Fine needle aspiration.