title: Acute liver failure secondary to metastatic liver infiltration: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present the case of a patient who died from multiple organ failure due to acute liver failure as a result of malignant hepatic infiltration by an adenocarcinoma. A review of the literature revealed that the clinical picture, laboratory examination, and imaging studies do not contribute to the diagnosis of this rare cause of liver failure. Therefore, liver biopsy should be considered early in the process, as this diagnosis is a contraindication for orthotopic liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Clinique St Luc, Bouge, Namur, Belgium. cedric.vmdl@gmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Marcke
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Radiology, Clinique St Luc, Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coulier
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Genetics, Loverval, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gielen
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Clinique St Luc, Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maldague
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography