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KMID : 1103920070130040565
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Korean Journal of Hepatology
2007 Volume.13 No. 4 p.565 ~ p.570
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A Case of Fulminant Hepatic Failure Secondary to Hepatic Metastasis of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
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Hwang Young-Tae
Shin Jung-Woo
Lee Jun-Ho
Hwang Dae-Seong
Eum Jun-Bum
Choi Hye-Jeong
Park Neung-Hwa
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Abstract
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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. (Korean J Hepatol 2007;13:565-570)
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KEYWORD
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Liver failure, acute, Small cell carcinoma, Liver metastasis
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