Acute liver failure as the initial manifestation of hepatic infiltration by a solid tumor: Report of 5 cases and review of the literature

Tumori

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-357

  Alexopoulou, Alexandra ^a,c   Koskinas, John ^a   Deutsch, Melanie ^a   Delladetsima, Johanna ^b   Kountouras, Demetrios ^a   Dourakis, Spyros P ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Malignant infiltration of the liver; Metastatic liver disease; Solid tumor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY REGIONS; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 33749532878     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160609200417     Document Type: Review

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