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Table 1.

Comparison of cases of PHNETs with predominant cystic change

Various parameters	Kim et al. [1]	Present case
Age (years)	51	73
Gender	Female	Male
Clinical presentation	Abdominal discomfort Mild dyspnoea	Abdominal pain Bilious vomiting Significant weight loss
Radiological findings	Left lobe of the liver: cystic; non-smooth; multiseptated mass lesion; occupying hepatic segments II and III; D/D-mucinous cystadenoma	Right lobe of the liver: well-circumscribed hypoattenuating cystic lesion; D/D-biliary cystadenoma; hydatid cyst
Gross	Exophytic tumour 14 cm in greatest dimension Cut surface: solid with varying multiple cysts	Cystic tumour 18.5 cm in greatest dimension Cut surface: predominantly cystic; uniloculated
Microscopy	Tumour cells in a trabecular or cribriform pattern	Tumour cells in an acinar, glandular, and focal papillary pattern
Lymphovascular and satellite nodules	Absent	Present
IHC: Cg; synaptophysin	Both were positive	Both were positive (Ki-67: 10–12%)

D/D: differential diagnosis

Declarations

Author contributions

ML and S Garg: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft. S Gurwale and CG: Validation, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This study (case report) has been waived by Ethics Committee of Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth. Since this is a report involving unusual finding and will increase awareness of such observation among faculty and students and the waiver will not adversely affect the rights and welfare of the concerned patient. Hence, waiver is granted for this case report, and complies with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ref. No. is I.E.S.C./85/2022.

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Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

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