title: End-stage acute hepatic failure as clinical presentation of liver metastases from breast cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. yxnieto@Entente.UHColorado.edu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz-Rubio
mesh_terms: 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