Primary hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as fulminant hepatic failure in a young woman
Autor: | L. J. Levy, R. P. Boulton, M. S. Losowsky, L. M. Swinburne |
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Rok vydání: | 1986 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Carcinoma Hepatocellular business.industry Liver Neoplasms General Medicine medicine.disease Chronic liver disease Gastroenterology digestive system diseases Fulminant hepatic failure Liver Hepatic Encephalopathy Internal medicine Hepatocellular carcinoma Acute Disease Humans Medicine Female business Hepatic encephalopathy Research Article |
Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 62:1135-1137 |
ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.62.734.1135 |
Popis: | Summary A 29 year old Caucasian female, with no history of chronic liver disease, presented with fulminant hepatic failure, the cause of which was not established until post-mortem when it was found that she had a rare form of hepatocellular carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the only detailed report of hepatocellular carcinoma presenting in this manner. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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