Severe hepatocellular disease as an unusual presentation of metastatic melanoma.
Melanoma is a cutaneous malignancy with an incidence that is rising. Surgery is curative if performed prior to metastasis. Liver metastasis is common and is often associated with an elevation in lactic dehydrogenase. A rise in transaminases is unusual; typically it is low in these patients. We describe a case of metastatic melanoma which presented as severe hepatocellular disease.
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Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology