End-stage acute hepatic failure as clinical presentation of liver metastases from breast cancer.
A most unusual case of fatal acute hepatic failure as clinical presentation of liver metastases from breast cancer is described. The patient had a four-year history of indolent breast neoplasm and no previously known liver disease.
Nieto
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Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. yxnieto@Entente.UHColorado.edu
Alonso
J L
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Ayala
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F
Ortega
L
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Casado
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A
Martín
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M
Díaz-Rubio
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D001002:Anuria / Q000209:etiology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged