[Acute hepatic failure as the presenting manifestation of a metastatic lung carcinoma to liver]. / Insuffisance hépatique aiguë révélatrice d'un carcinome pulmonaire avec métastases hépatiques.
Rev Med Interne
; 30(10): 911-3, 2009 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-19328604
Liver failure as a result of neoplasia is a rare event before the terminal stage of the illness. We report a 66-year-old man who presented with clinical features of acute liver failure as the initial manifestation of a small-cell lung carcinoma. Liver was enlarged without ascitis. Abdominal CT-scan revealed a massive hepatomegaly with multiple low-density wedge-shaped lesions. The patient developed stage 3 hepatic encephalopathy and died on day 4. The diagnosis was obtained with post-mortem study. A Medline search of acute liver failure due to small-cell carcinoma identified only 17 cases already published, with a universally poor prognosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fallo Hepático Agudo
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células Pequeñas
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Rev Med Interne
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Francia