Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and clinical manifestations observed in the reviewed cases

Article	N° of cases	Sex	Age	Side	Clinical manifestations
Bian et al., 1993 [6]	1	M	29	Bil	Chest pain, dyspnea, right pleural effusion
Choi et al., 1995 [7]	1	M	33	R	Chest, arm and neck pain, pleural effusion
Parkash et al., 1995 [8]	2	M, F	24, 17	Both L	Chest pain, dyspnea, and pleural effusion in both cases
Venkateswaran et al.,1997 [9]	1	M	16	R	Chest pain, dyspnea, cough, weight loss, effusion
Sàpi et al., 1999 [10]	1	M	25	L	Chest pain, dyspnea
Ostoros et al., 2002 [11]	1	F	19	L	Back pain
Cranja et al., 2005 [12]	1	M	7	NA	Back pain, fever, effusion.
Karavitakis et al., 2007 [13]	1	M	10	L	Back pain
Quarssani et al., 2011 [14]	1	F	19	R	Back pain, cachexia
Benbrahim et al., 2012 [15]	1	F	50	Bil	Cough, dyspnea, effusion
Jian et al., 2014 [16]	1	F	15	R	Chest pain, fever, dyspnea, weight loss, effusion
Cao et al., 2015 [17]	1	F	72	L	Chest pain, dyspnea
Won et al., 2015 [18]	1	M	15	Bil	Chest pain
Ikeue et al., 2016 [19]	1	M	32	L	Cough, chest compression, pleural effusion

M males; F females; L left; R right; Bil bilateral; NA not available