Case Report
Case Hepatic Endometriosis: A Continuing Diagnostic Dilemma
Table 1
Features of reported cases of hepatic endometriosis.
| Reference | Age (yrs) | Symptoms | Liver involvement | EH | Previous endometrial Tx | Treatment |
| Finkel et al. [4] | 21 | RUQ pain | Left lobe | No | Removal fallopian tube cyst | Cyst enucleation | Rovati et al. [5] | 37 | RUQ pain + mass | Left lobe | No | Non | Left lateral segmentectomy | Grabb et al. [6] | 21 | Epigastric pain | Left lobe | No | Removal of fallopian tube | Danazol + Deroofing | Verbeke et al. [7] | 34 | Acute abdominal pain | Right lobe | No | Non | Right hemihepetectomy | Verbeke et al. [7] | 62 | RUQ pain | Left lobe | No | Non | Segmentectomy | Gravello et al. [8] | 34 | Cyclical pain | Right lobe | Yes | Non | Metastectomy | Chung et al. [9] | 40 | Asymptomatic | Left lobe | Yes | Ovarian cystectomy | Segmentectomy | Inal et al. [10] | 25 | Pelvic pain | Right lobe | Yes | Medical tx for pelvic endometriosis | Danazol | Khan et al. [1] | 31 | Malaise, jaundice, abdominal distension | Bilobar | Yes | Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy | En bloc removal of right lobe mass, left lobe mass left. | Khan et al. [1] | 59 | RUQ pain + hepatomegaly | Right lobe | Yes | Removal of ruptured cyst | Right hepatectomy | Huang et al. [11] | 56 | Epigastric pain | Left lobe | Yes | Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy | Left lobectomy | Goldsmith et al. present case | 48 | Relapsing and remitting RUQ pain | Left lobe | Yes | Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy | Nonanatomical resection |
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EH: Endometrial history.
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