Table 1

Clinicopathological features of the reported malignant cases of liver solitary fibrous tumors

No

Reference

Year

Age/sex

Treatment

Size (cm)

Lobe of

liver

Immunohistochemistry

Histology

Follow-up

1

Sezal Y, et al. [12]

2000

25/F

Excision

32 × 30 × 12

Right

Vimentin+

spindle cells with oval-fusiform nuclei

6 months

2

Chan G, et al. [13]

2007

70/M

Excision

27 × 24 × 12

Right

Vimentin+,

CD34+, Bcl2+, CD99+

spindle-cell fibrosarcoma: highly cellular and pleomorphic, with areas of necrosis and a very high mitotic index (> 20/hpf)

> 9 months

3

Brochard C, et al. [14]

2010

54/M

Excision

17 × 12 × 8

Right

Vimentin+, CD34+,

desmin+, actin+

Tumor cells were polymorphic: small and round, spindle-shaped, voluminous with acidophilic cytoplasm, or with polymorphous nuclei.

9 years

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