Primary hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as fulminant hepatic failure in a young woman.

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...

Liver transplantation rapidly stops cerebral ammonia uptake in fulminant hepatic failure.

This report describes the effect of liver transplantation on transcerebral ammonia uptake in a case of fulminant hepatic failure. A young woman with fulminant hepatic failure and coma received monitoring of transcerebral ammonia uptake before and after orthotopic liver transplantation. Before liver transplantation, median transcerebral ammonia uptake was 8 µmol/L. After liver transplantation, a...

Differential binding of serum glycoproteins to lectins during hepatic regeneration in hepatocellular carcinoma and fulminant hepatic failure.

1. The concentrations of four serum glycoproteins, thyroxine-binding globulin, alpha 2-macroglobulin, alpha 1-antitrypsin and transferrin, as well as their reactivities with concanavalin A and lentil-lectin, were measured in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or fulminant hepatic failure and in normal subjects. 2. Serum concentrations of thyroxine-binding globulin and alpha 1-antitrypsin we...

Hepatic Failure in a Young Woman Following Ingestion of Tribulus Terrestris

Metastatic small-cell lung cancer presenting as fulminant hepatic failure.

We report a case of a 75-year-old woman with fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). The patient was hospitalised for the management of rapidly progressive hepatic failure. Thoracic radiology identified a widened mediastinum, and prior to hospitalisation she had received antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. Consequently, her hepatic failure was deemed to...