Acute liver failure - chemotherapy induced
Diagnosis almost certain
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Right hypochondrial region pain.
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History of breast cancer, underwent segmental resection of the breast, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.
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Here is a case of Acute liver failure after chemotherapy with Metastases from breast cancer affecting the lungs, bones, and mediastinal lymph nodes.Acute liver failure has a high mortality (~50%). Unfortunately,Metastases from breast cancer affect the lungs bones and mediastinal lymph nodes.Unfortunately the patient passed after two days.
-<p><a href="/articles/acute-liver-failure">Acute liver failure</a> after chemotherapy.<br>Acute liver failure has high mortality (~50%).<br><a href="/articles/breast-cancer-metastases-1">Metastases</a> from breast cancer affect the lungs, bones and mediastinal lymph nodes.<br>Unfortunately the patient passed after two days.</p>- +<p>Here is a case of <a href="/articles/acute-liver-failure">Acute liver failure</a> after chemotherapy with <a href="/articles/breast-cancer-metastases-1">Metastases</a> from breast cancer affecting the lungs, bones, and mediastinal lymph nodes. Acute liver failure has a high mortality (~50%). Unfortunately, the patient passed after two days.</p>
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The liver is markedly enlarged and has a craniocaudal dimension of 24
.0cm - Hepatic parenchymal heterogeneity is visible on contrast-enhanced CT scans
- The gallbladder wall is
non significantlymildly thickened with pericholecystic fluid - Mild pelvic and perihepatic ascites
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Hepatic simple cysts are visible in
thesegment VI - Right breast segmental resection and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
- Mild right
sided-sided pleural effusion - Hypodense metastatic lesions in the left femoral head(white arrow) and vertebrae(not shown)
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