title: [When diagnostic imaging is misleading: a case of subacute liver failure].
abstract: We report the case of a 67 year old woman presenting with a mixed alteration of liver function tests. Despite normal results of tomodensitometry and positon emission tomography, a liver biopsy was performed due to the development of acute liver failure: it showed a diffuse infiltration of liver sinusoids by a breast adenocarcinoma, unfortunately fatal for the patient. The tumour infiltration was responsible for portal hypertension and hepatic perfusion disorders leading to liver failure.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khelifa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seivert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colard
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Brichant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boveroux
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging