Acute Liver Failure due to Miliary Liver Metastasis.

ACG Case Rep J

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System, Little Rock, AR.

Published: March 2020

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a medical emergency with high mortality. Accurate etiological diagnosis, intensive liver support, and liver transplantation are critical for the management of these patients. Malignant infiltration of the liver uncommonly results in ALF. Diffuse infiltration can be missed by imaging, particularly in early stages, and biopsy is often required to clinch the diagnosis. We report a case of ALF due to diffuse liver metastasis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162133PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000294DOI Listing

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