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Fulminant hepatic failure resulting from small-cell lung cancer and dramatic response of chemotherapy
Kyoichi Kaira1, Atsushi Takise, Rieko Watanabe
1Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan. kkaira1970@yahoo.co.jp
World Journal of Gastroenterology
|May 12, 2006
Abstract:
Prompt treatment in tumor-associated encephalopathy may prolong survival. We describe a 69-year-old male patient who was presented with fulminant hepatic failure, secondary to small-cell lung carcinoma with rapidly progressing encephalopathy. Both symptoms remitted following chemotherapy, suggesting swift diagnosis and administration of chemotherapy to be effective in treatment of fulminant hepatic failure and encephalopathy.