[A case of fulminant hepatic failure secondary to hepatic metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma].
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.
Hwang
Young Tae
YT
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea.
Shin
Jung Woo
JW
Lee
Jun Ho
JH
Hwang
Dae Sung
DS
Eum
Jun Bum
JB
Choi
Hye Jeong
HJ
Park
Neung Hwa
NH
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