Primary hepatic myelolipoma: A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Case reports of primary hepatic myelolipoma

Ref.	Age/gender	Symptoms	Location/size	Imaging findings	Liver function	Diagnosis	Treatment
Grosdidier[3], 1973	63/F	Slight hepatomegaly	RL/ 13 cm	NA	Normal	Resected specimen	Resection
Ishak[4], 1976	53/F	NA	LL/2 cm	NA	NA	Autopsy	Resection
Le Néel et al[5], 1984	69/F	RUQ pain	RL/4 cm	Echogenic, low density area, avascular zone	Normal	Resected specimen	Resection
Rubin et al[6], 1984	56/F	Abdominal pain, RUQ tenderness	RL/8 cm	Low density area, hypervascular mass with an avascular center	↑GOT, GGT, LDH, ALP	Resected specimen	Resection
Mali et al[7], 1986	63/M	Hepatomegaly	RL/15 cm	Echogenic, low density area, hypervascular mass	↑TNABIL, GGT	Needle biopsy	Observation
Kaurich et al[8], 1988	42/F	Asymptomatic	LL/6 cm	Echogenic, low density area	↑GGT, ALP	Resected specimen	Resection
Nishizaki et al[9], 1989	56/F	RUQ pain	RL/5,5 cm	Echogenic, low density area, hypervascular mass	↑GOT, GPT, ALP	Resected specimen	Resection
Moreno et al[10], 1991	40/M	Debilitation, RUQ pain, hepatomegaly	RL/15 cm	NA	↑GPT	Resected specimen	Resection
Dai[11], 1993	49/F	RUQ pain	LL/5 cm	NA	NA	Resected specimen	Resection
Orlandi et al[12], 1994	53/F	RUQ pain	LL/5,5 cm	Echogenic	Normal	Resected specimen	Resection
Van Hoe et al[13], 1994	57/M	Hepatoegaly	LL/12 cm	Echogenic, low density area	↑GGT	Resected specimen	Resection
Takizawa et al[14], 1995	66/F	NA	RL/15 cm	NA	NA	Resected specimen	Resection
Fauchery et al[15], 1998	63/F	Asymptomatic	LL/2 cm	NA	Normal	Resected specimen	Resection
Hoang et al[16], 1999	49/F	RUQ pain	RL/15 cm	Low density area	NA	Needle biopsy	Resection
Savoye-Collet et al[17], 2000	25/M	Asymptomatic	RL/17 cm	Echogenic, hyperintensity on T2 and hypointensity on T1	↑ALP	Resected specimen	Resection
Zhao et al[18], 2000	57/F	RUQ pain	LL/10.5 cm	Echogenic, low density area	Normal	Resected specimen	Resection
Tang et al[19], 2006	49/M	Asymptomatic	RL/14 cm	Echogenic, low density area (NA78HU)	NA	Resected specimen	Resection
Pavón et al[20], 2009	63/M	Asymptomatic	RL/4 cm	Echogenic, hyperintensity on T2	↑GPT, GGT	Resected specimen	Resection
Radhi et al[22], 2010	76/M	Urinary tract infection	RL/3.2 cm	Echogenic, low density mass	NA	Resected specimen	Resection
Chen et al[21], 2010	46/M	Abdominal distention	RL/3 cm	Low density areas	NA	Needle biopsy	Observation
Suárez-Peñaranda et al[23], 2014	57/F	Hematuria, urinary frequency, dysuria	RL/5 cm	Echogenic, hyperintensity on T2	NA	Resected specimen	Resection
Menozzi et al[24], 2016	72/F	Dyspepsia	RL/3 cm	Echogenic, abundant fatty component	NA	Needle biopsy	NA
Xu et al[25], 2016	26/F	RUQ	RL/4.2 cm	Low-density mass, heterogeneously enhanced	↑GGT	Resected specimen	Resection
Gallo et al[26], 2017	55/M	NA	NA	NA	NA	Biopsy	NA
Present case	55/F	Asymptomatic	LL/5 cm	Echogenic, low density area, hypervascular mass	↑GGT, TNABIL	Resected specimen	Resection

RL: Left/Right liver; LL: Left liver; RUQ: Right upper quadrant of abdomen; GOT: Glutamic oxalo acetic transaminase; GGT: Gammanaglutamyl transpeptidase; LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; TNABIL: Total bilirubin; GPT: Glutamic pyruvic transaminase.