title: [A case of fulminant hepatic failure secondary to hepatic metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma].
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Tae
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jung Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jun Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae Sung
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jun Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Eum
authors.forename: Hye Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Neung Hwa
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed