Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Joint Authors
Gorospe, Emmanuel C.
Badamas, Jemilat
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare presentation of liver metastases.
Although cases of ALF from metastatic disease have been reported, etiologies have been largely confined to lymphoma, metastatic breast, lung, and gastric cancers.
ALF from medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) has never been reported.
We present a 59-year-old male with newly diagnosed MTC, who was admitted with ALF.
He presented with jaundice, hepatic encephalopathy, and synthetic dysfunction.
His clinical course was marked by rapid decompensation within 6 days from initial presentation of jaundice to development of hepatic coma.
Although liver metastases from medullary thyroid cancer have been reported, to our knowledge, this is the first described case of MTC resulting in acute liver failure.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gorospe, Emmanuel C.& Badamas, Jemilat. 2012. Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Case Reports in Hepatology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484328
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gorospe, Emmanuel C.& Badamas, Jemilat. Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Case Reports in Hepatology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484328
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gorospe, Emmanuel C.& Badamas, Jemilat. Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Case Reports in Hepatology. 2012. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484328
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484328