Casting a Wider NET: An Unusual Cause of Acute Liver Failure in a Pregnant Patient.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-1-2020
Abstract
We present a case patient in her second trimester of pregnancy who developed acute liver failure from metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET). Although she underwent prompt induction of a non-viable fetus due to initial concerns of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count syndrome, her liver function continued to deteriorate postpartum. She was subsequently transferred to our institution in order to undergo further evaluation that included a transjugular liver biopsy and subsequent diagnosis of high-grade NET. She was given salvage carboplatin-based chemotherapy, as she was not a liver transplant candidate. Unfortunately, the patient expired from cardiovascular collapse as a component of multiorgan failure.
Volume
65
Issue
11
First Page
3102
Last Page
3105
ISSN
1573-2568
Published In/Presented At
Grewal, J., Benhammou, J., Patel, P. V., Saab, S., & Choi, G. (2020). Casting a Wider NET: An Unusual Cause of Acute Liver Failure in a Pregnant Patient. Digestive diseases and sciences, 65(11), 3102–3105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06469-y
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
32671591
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article