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Table 1 Summary of reported decidualized ovarian endometrioma cases during pregnancy

From: Decidualized ovarian endometrioma mimicking malignancy in pregnancy: a case report and literature review

Author, reference

Publication year

No. of cases

Age, range

CA125 (U/ml)

Laterality

Size (cm)

Solid part (cm)

Intracystic papillae

Septa

Blood flow

MRI

Surgery GA

Surgical procedure

Miyakoshi K et al. [6]

1998

1

28

NR

Unilateral

Dmax 8.5

NR

+

+

+

20

Oophorectomy

Tanaka YO et al. [7]

2002

1

27

103

Unilateral

12 × 8 × 7

NR

+

+

NR

+

12

Cystectomy

Fruscella E et al. [8]

2004

1

39

76

Unilateral

Dmax 5.5

0.8 × 1.0 and 0.5 × 0.5

+

+

+

18

Oophorectomy

Sammour RN et al. [4]

2005

2

36

NR

Unilateral

3.7 × 2.7 × 3.5

1.5 × 2.0 × 2.5

+

+

+

15

Oophorectomy

28

NR

Unilateral

4.0 × 5.0 × 6.3

2.3 × 1.8 × 1.4

+

+

16

Oophorectomy

Guerriero S et al. [9]

2005

1

38

109

Bilateral

4.0 × 4.8

NR

+

+

37 (CS)

Bilateral Cystectomy

Iwamoto H et al. [10]

2006

1

31

28.3

Unilateral

Dmax 7.5

NR

+

+

+

22

Oophorectomy

Asch E et al. [11]

2007

1

NR

NR

Unilateral

NR

NR

+

+

After delivery

Bilateral cystectomy

Poder L et al. [12]

2008

1

34

24

Unilateral

Dmax 6.2

+

+

+

+

38 (CS)

Oophorectomy

Machida S et al. [13]

2008

3

32

119

Unilateral

8 × 5

NR

+

+

+

19

Oophorectomy

41

220

Unilateral

Dmax 16

NR

+

+

NR

+

14

Oophorectomy

24

34

Bilateral

Dmax 5

NR

+

NR

+

14

Cystectomy

Yoshida S et al. [14]

2008

2

29

NR

Unilateral

8.5 × 5.3

NR

+

+

14

Oophorectomy

28

NR

Unilateral

7.4 × 4.8

NR

+

+

19

Oophorectomy

Takeuchi M et al. [15]

2008

5

20–32

NR

Unilateral

4–9

2 (max)

+

NR

NR

Barbieri M et al. [16]

2009

3

32

30

Unilateral

6.6 × 4.4

2 × 1.4

+

+

NR

Cystectomy

36

159

Bilateral

8.5 × 6.3, 5 × 3

2.7 × 1.4,0.7 × 0.7

+

+

 

None

39

85

Unilateral

3.8 × 1.4

1.9 × 1.2

+

+

 

None

Sayasneh A et al. [17]

2012

1

35

89

Unilateral

3 × 4 × 4

1.5

+

+

 

None

Tazegül A et al. [3]

2013

1

32

220

Unilateral

6.5 × 5.7

1.4 × 0.8

+

+

12

Cystectomy

Proulx F et al. [18]

2014

1

30

NR

Unilateral

Dmax 4

NR

+

+

+

 

None

Mascilini F et al. [19]

2014

18

20–43

12–285

3 bilateral and 15 unilateral

4.1–12.1

17 cases +

17 cases +

7 cases +

16 cases +

 

13 cases

Groszmann Y et al. [20]

2014

17

22–43

NR

5 bilateral and 12 unilateral

3–27

14 cases +

NR

8 cases +

12 cases +

 

8 cases

Alsalem H et al. [21]

2021

1

28

134

Unilateral

NR

+

+

+

+

38 (CS)

Cystectomy

  1. Abbreviations: MRI magnetic resonance imaging, GA gestational age, NR not reported, Dmax maximum diameter, CS Cesarean section