Abstract

GUEVARA MIRANDA, Julissa; GUZMAN ROJAS, Patricia  and  MEJIA CORDERO, Fernando Alonso. Acute Liver Failure as Presentation of Adult T-cell Leukemia in an HTLV-1 Patient. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2018, vol.38, n.1, pp.85-88. ISSN 1022-5129.

Acute liver failure is the development of severe hepatic injury with deterioration of liver synthesis function and encephalopathy. Among all the variety of causes, neoplastic infiltration represents less than 0.5%. We present the case of a male patient with a past medical history of HTLV-1 infection, who reports symptoms of acute hepatitis, being diagnosed with Adult T-cell leukemia/ lymphoma. Unfortunately, the patient had a rapid deterioration and passed away a few days after admission

Keywords : Liver failure; Leukemia-lymphoma, adult T-cell; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1.

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