A Rare Case of Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Miliary Liver Metastasis

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a potentially fatal condition that adversely affects multiple organs and has a high mortality rate. ALF due to hepatic infiltration is rare even though it is a common place for cancer to metastasize. Patients with ALF usually present with abdominal pain and elevated live...

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Autores principales: Weeraddana, Prabasha, Thomas, Teena, Weerasooriya, Niwanthi, Mohamed Jiffry, Mohamed Zakee, Golovyan, Dmitriy, Bal, Shubhneet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9817182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36628026
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32282
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Sumario:Acute liver failure (ALF) is a potentially fatal condition that adversely affects multiple organs and has a high mortality rate. ALF due to hepatic infiltration is rare even though it is a common place for cancer to metastasize. Patients with ALF usually present with abdominal pain and elevated liver function tests. We report a case of a 65-year-old male that developed ALF due to miliary liver metastasis of non-small cell carcinoma from an unknown primary origin. The patient initially presented with a couple of episodes of coffee-ground emesis and epigastric pain. Upon further evaluation, along with computed tomography (CT) scans and liver biopsy, the diagnosis was established. The patient passed away on the 12(th) day of hospitalization.

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