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Case Report

Acute Liver Failure Because of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature

by
Khashayar Esfahani
1,*,
P. Gold
1,
S. Wakil
1,
R.P. Michel
2 and
S. Solymoss
1
1
Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2
Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Curr. Oncol. 2011, 18(1), 39-42; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v18i1.756
Submission received: 5 January 2011 / Revised: 12 January 2011 / Accepted: 20 January 2011 / Published: 1 February 2011

Abstract

Infiltration of the liver by hematologic malignancies is an uncommon cause of liver failure. B-Cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a usually indolent disease that may infiltrate the liver, but based on a review of the literature, has never been reported to induce acute liver failure. Here, we describe the case of a 78-year-old woman with acute liver failure secondary to infiltration with CLL being unresponsive to chemotherapy and causing death. This case is notable because of its atypical presentation and ultimate poor prognosis.
Keywords: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; small lymphocytic lymphoma; acute liver failure; fulminant hepatic failure Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; small lymphocytic lymphoma; acute liver failure; fulminant hepatic failure

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Esfahani, K.; Gold, P.; Wakil, S.; Michel, R.P.; Solymoss, S. Acute Liver Failure Because of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Curr. Oncol. 2011, 18, 39-42. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v18i1.756

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Esfahani K, Gold P, Wakil S, Michel RP, Solymoss S. Acute Liver Failure Because of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Current Oncology. 2011; 18(1):39-42. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v18i1.756

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Esfahani, Khashayar, P. Gold, S. Wakil, R.P. Michel, and S. Solymoss. 2011. "Acute Liver Failure Because of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature" Current Oncology 18, no. 1: 39-42. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v18i1.756

APA Style

Esfahani, K., Gold, P., Wakil, S., Michel, R. P., & Solymoss, S. (2011). Acute Liver Failure Because of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Current Oncology, 18(1), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.v18i1.756

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