Table 1 Case reports included in the final analysis.

From: Pseudocirrhosis and portal hypertension in patients with metastatic cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Country

N = 64

Malignancy

Age (years)

Gender

Liver histology

Platelets (n°/mm3)

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

Albumin (g/dl)

Chemotherapy

Adler et al.33

UK

1

Breast

63

F

Breast cancer cells

198.000

2.92

3.5

Yes

Battisti et al.34

Italy

1

Colon

69

M

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Borja et al.35

US

1

Breast

46

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

225.000

6.8

2.7

Yes

Busni et al.2

US

1

Breast

37

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

No

Cerny et al.36

Czech Republic

1

Breast

68

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Cervoni et al.37

France

1

Breast

52

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

2.92

n.a.

Yes

Chandrakan et al.38

US

1

Breast

45

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Chin et al.39

n.a.

1

Stomach

63

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Deprez et al.40

Belgium

1

Breast

59

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Eidenschink et al.41

US

1

Breast

83

F

Breast cancer cells

n.a.

7.9

2.6

No

Finocchi et al.42

Italy

1

Breast

46

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

3.3

2.6

No

Fournier et al.43

US

1

Breast

52

F

Breast cancer cells

50.000

17

n.a.

Yes

Graber et al.3

France

1

Breast

57

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

70.000

3.45

n.a.

No

Harry et al.44

US

1

Thyroid

49

F

Medullary thyroid cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

3.1

Yes

Hidalgo-Blanco et al.45

Spain

1

Breast

39

F

Breast cancer cells

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Honma et al.46

Japan

1

Breast

48

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Jungst et al.47

Germany

1

Breast

70

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

98.000

3.5

1.8

n.a.

Kang et al.22

US

1

Pancreas

55

F

n.a.

n.a.

1.54

1.7

Yes

Kashyap et al.48

India

1

Breast

35

F

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Kears et al.49

n.a.

1

Breast

43

F

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Klinge et al.6

Germany

1

Breast

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Kobashigawa et al.50

Japan

1

Esophagus

68

M

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Lee et al.8

Korea

1

Breast

47

F

Breast cancer cells

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Leyden et al.51

Ireland

1

Breast

n.a.

F

Breast cancer cells

95.000

2.87

3

n.a.

Liu et al.52

Taiwan

1

Breast

44

F

n.a.

n.a.

11.8

n.a.

Yes

Marzuk et al.53

US

1

Breast

63

F

Breast cancer cells

121.000

1.45

2.5

Yes

Maynard et al.54

US

1

Breast

52

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

5.2

2.4

no

Mitani et al.55

Japan

1

Stomach

74

M

Adenocarcinoma

n.a.

2.8

1.8

Yes

Nakajima et al.56

Japan

1

Breast

68

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

93.000

4.97

3.1

Yes

Ojeda et al.57

n.a.

1

Lung

n.a.

n.a.

Oat cell bronchial carcinoma

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Patel et al.58

US

1

Breast

80

F

n.a.

n.a.

8.9

2.1

Yes

Sass et al.9

US

1

Breast

55

F

Breast cancer cells; fibrosis

n.a.

6.8

2.4

Yes

Tambe et al.59

US

1

Breast

71

F

Breast cancer cells

76.000

0.4

n.a.

n.a.

Teke et al.60

Turkey

1

Colon

50

M

Adenocarcinoma

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Uhlmann et al.61

Germany

1

Breast

59

F

Breast cancer cells

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Wallace et al.62

US

1

Breast

42

F

Breast cancer cells

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Zanazanian et al.63

US

1

Ovary

43

F

Ovarian carcinoma

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Zeina et al.64

Israel

1

Breast

82

F

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Aoyagi et al.65

Japan

3

Breast

65

F

n.a.

181.000

1.1

3.1

Yes

65

F

n.a.

246.000

0.8

4.3

68

F

n.a.

414.000

0.8

2.2

Jeong et al.25

Korea

2

Breast

53

F

n.a.

214.000

4.3

3.1

Yes

25

F

n.a.

50.000

2.4

2.7

Nascimento et al.11

Brazil

2

Breast

62

F

Breast cancer cells fibrosis

n.a.

3.2

n.a.

Yes

46

F

Breast cancer cells fibrosis

27.000

7.2

n.a.

Gravel et al.5

Canada

2

Breast

42

F

Breast cancer cells fibrosis

n.a.

1.46

n.a.

Yes

58

F

Breast cancer cells fibrosis

n.a.

27.1

n.a.

 

Qizilbash et al.66

n.a.

3

Breast

50

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

46

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

70

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Vuppalanchi et al.67

US

2

Breast

47

F

Breast cancer cells fibrosis

n.a.

2

n.a.

Yes

61

F

n.a.

n.a.

2.2

n.a.

Geeroms et al.68

Belgium

3

Breast

56

F

Breast cancer cells fibrosis

72.000

0.9

n.a.

Yes

70

F

Nodular regenerative hyperplasia

141.000

n.a.

n.a.

79

F

Breast cancer cells

250.000

n.a.

n.a.

Mizuyama et al.69

Japan

2

Breast

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Shirkoda et al.70

US

3

Breast

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Shinoda et al.23

Japan

1

Stomach

72

M

n.a.

n.a.

1.8

3.5

Yes

Shijubou et al.71

Japan

1

Lung

50

M

Lung adenocarcinoma fibrosis

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes

Nakano et al.72

Japan

1

Lung

64

M

Lung adenocarcinoma

n.a.

n.a.

2.7

Yes

Basinger et al.73

US

1

Stomach

71

M

Gastric adenocarcinoma; fibrosis; nodule

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Yes