Abstract
A most unusual case of fatal acute hepatic failure as clinical presentation of liver metastases from breast cancer is described. The patient had a four-year history of indolent breast neoplasm and no previously known liver disease.
MeSH terms
-
Anuria / etiology
-
Bone Neoplasms / secondary
-
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
-
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / secondary*
-
Diagnosis, Differential
-
Fatal Outcome
-
Female
-
Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology
-
Humans
-
Jaundice / etiology
-
Liver Failure, Acute / etiology*
-
Liver Neoplasms / complications*
-
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
-
Liver Neoplasms / secondary
-
Middle Aged