A woman presenting with an unusual cause of fulminant liver failure and sepsis.
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
; 46(3): 101836, 2022 03.
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ABSTRACT
We present the case of a 61-year-old woman who presented with acutely worsening right upper quadrant pain and was found to be in acute liver failure with Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia. Despite aggressive intensive care management, the patient ultimately died of refractory shock attributed to sepsis and fulminant liver failure. On autopsy, she was found unexpectedly to have diffuse intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with metastases to regional lymph nodes and intravascular spread to the lungs. The case highlights a rare instance where intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma presents with acute liver failure and discusses key intensive care management principles of this clinical syndrome.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fallo Hepático Agudo
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Colangiocarcinoma
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Sepsis
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
Año:
2022
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Article