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Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report

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    • Suchanan Hanamornroongruang
    • Napakorn Sangchay
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    Affiliations: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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    Published online on: January 30, 2013
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1165
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Abstract

Diffuse parenchymal metastasis is an unusual pattern of liver metastasis that is capable of causing liver failure. In the present study, the authors describe malignant infiltration of the liver by primary breast carcinoma in an autopsy of a 49-year-old female who had a rapid onset of liver failure and died after three weeks. Ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) scans of the abdomen, as well as macroscopic examination, failed to detect liver metastasis; while microscopic examination revealed diffuse tumor cells with a loss of E-cadherin expression infiltrating into the liver parenchyma. The prognosis of liver failure associated with malignant infiltration is extremely poor; the survival time of patients is extremely low. Liver biopsy may be the most efficient technique for confirming the diagnosis during the patient's life.
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Hanamornroongruang S and Sangchay N: Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report. Oncol Lett 5: 1250-1252, 2013.
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Hanamornroongruang, S., & Sangchay, N. (2013). Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report. Oncology Letters, 5, 1250-1252. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1165
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Hanamornroongruang, S., Sangchay, N."Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 5.4 (2013): 1250-1252.
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Hanamornroongruang, S., Sangchay, N."Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 5, no. 4 (2013): 1250-1252. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1165
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Hanamornroongruang S and Sangchay N: Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report. Oncol Lett 5: 1250-1252, 2013.
APA
Hanamornroongruang, S., & Sangchay, N. (2013). Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report. Oncology Letters, 5, 1250-1252. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1165
MLA
Hanamornroongruang, S., Sangchay, N."Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 5.4 (2013): 1250-1252.
Chicago
Hanamornroongruang, S., Sangchay, N."Acute liver failure associated with diffuse liver infiltration by metastatic breast carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 5, no. 4 (2013): 1250-1252. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1165
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