Primary hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as fulminant hepatic failure in a young woman.
A 29 year old Caucasian female, with no history of chronic liver disease, presented with fulminant hepatic failure, the cause of which was not established until post-mortem when it was found that she had a rare form of hepatocellular carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the only detailed report of hepatocellular carcinoma presenting in this manner.
Levy
L J
LJ
Department of Medicine, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Swinburne
L M
LM
Boulton
R P
RP
Losowsky
M S
MS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology