Figure 1:
PRISMA 2020 flow diagram for new systematic reviews which included searches of databases and registers only
Table 1:
The main characteristics of the sixteen included articles
| Author, year, country | No. of patients | Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|
| 1. MacLeod JDA[17], 1993, UK | 1 | TAB+ |
| 2. Melberg NS[18], 1995, US | 7 (6a) | TAB+ |
| 3. Asensio Sánchez VM[19], 2004, Spain | 2 (1a) | TAB+ |
| 4. Velusami P[4], 2005, UK | 1 | TAB+ |
| 5. Daudin JB[20], 2006, France | 1 | TAB− |
| 6. Jaggi[5], 2007, Switzerland | 2(2a) | TAB+ |
| 7. Johnson MC[21], 2008, US | 1 | TAB+ |
| 8. Levin[22], 2011, US | 1 | TAB+ |
| 9. De Smit E[23], 2013, UK | 1 | TAB+ |
| 10. Thanos A[7], 2015, USA | 1 | TAB+ |
| 11. Gospe[24], 2017, US | 1 | TAB+ |
| 12. Virdee[25], 2019, UK | 1 | TAB+ |
| 13. Rai AS[26], 2020, Canada | 1 | TAB+ |
| 14. Fu L[27], 2022, UK | 1 | “Halo sign”b |
| 15. Yagci BA[28], 2023, Turkey | 1 | TAB+ |
| 16. Pellegrini[29], 2023, Italy | 1 | TAB+ |