Resolution of hypophosphatemia is associated with recovery of hepatic function in children with fulminant hepatic failure.

Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is a rare but often fatal disease in children. Clinical and laboratory predictors of liver regeneration and recovery, however, have not been well established. We hypothesized that hypophosphatemia may indicate recovery of liver synthetic function in children with FHF.

Caruncle tumor as the first sign of metastatic lung carcinoma.

Purpose: Report of a neuroendocrine carcinoma of the caruncle as the first sign of a metastatic lung carcinoma.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: Excision of a rapidly growing caruncular tumor in a 76-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer.