A Case of Fulminant Hepatic Failure Secondary to Hepatic Metastasis of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma.
10.3350/kjhep.2007.13.4.565
- Author:
Young Tae HWANG
1
;
Jung Woo SHIN
;
Jun Ho LEE
;
Dae Sung HWANG
;
Jun Bum EUM
;
Hye Jeong CHOI
;
Neung Hwa PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea. sheenj@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Liver failure, acute;
Small cell carcinoma;
Liver metastasis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Carcinoma, Small Cell/complications/pathology/*secondary;
Female;
Humans;
Liver Failure, Acute/diagnosis/*etiology;
Liver Neoplasms/complications/pathology/*secondary;
Lung Neoplasms/complications/*pathology;
Neoplasm Invasiveness;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Hepatology
2007;13(4):565-570
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although liver metastasis is commonly found in cancer patients, fulminant hepatic failure secondary to diffuse cancer infiltration into the liver is rare. Liver metastasis-induced fulminant hepatic failure has been reported in patients with primary cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, breast and uroepithelium, and in patients with melanoma and hematologic malignancy. Small cell lung cancer is so highly invasive that hepatic metastasis is common, but rapid progression to fulminant hepatic failure is extremely rare. We report here on a case of a patient who died because of rapid progression to fulminant hepatic failure as a result of hepatic metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma.
