Fulminant Hepatic Failure Secondary to Primary Hepatic Angiosarcoma

Fulminant Hepatic Failure Secondary to Primary Hepatic Angiosarcoma

Background. Hepatic angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive tumor that often presents at an advanced stage with nonspecific symptoms. Objective. To report a case of primary hepatic angiosarcoma in an otherwise healthy man with normal liver function tests two months prior to presenting with a short period of jaundice that progressed to fulminant hepatic failure. Methods. Case report and review of ...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Glyphosate Poisoning with Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Background: Glyphosate containing herbicides are widely used the world over. They are marketed as nontoxic to humans, but numerous studies have showed that these glyphosate-based herbicides (GlySH) can cause multiorgan damage.1 Recent reports of animal studies on rats have raised a doubt of liver damage after long term exposure to GlySH. Case Presentation: a young male had chronic exposure to G...

fulminant hepatic failure due to primary hepatic lymphoma: a case report

primary hepatic lymphoma is a rare malignancy usually presenting with symptoms of fever, hepatomegaly, jaundice and weight loss. this picture mimics infectious and inflammatory disorders and thus delays the diagnosis. here, we present a 47-year old man with prolonged fever who underwent several investigations and, in the meantime, developed fulminant hepatic failure before the diagnosis could b...

Fulminant hepatic failure in primary dengue infection.

A 9-month-old child presented with four days fever and altered sensorium for 2 days. He developed seizures in the emergency department and was in a state of shock. His blood sugar was 9 mg/dL. He was resuscitated with intravenous fluids. The child had fever, altered sensorium and erythematous skin. His liver was palpable 4 cm below right costal margin and spleen was just palpable. The limbs wer...