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Initially stable, he decompensated 24 to 48 hours subsequent to presentation with respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, distributive shock requiring high dose vasopressor infusion, coagulopathy refractory to plasma infusion, progressive rise in liver enzymes and severe metabolic abnormalities including hyperkalemia, acidosis, hyperphosphatemia, hyperuricemia and hypocalcemia. Refractory to aggressive physiologic support he received palliation. Autopsy revealed &gt;80% liver infiltration by metastatic malignant melanoma.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:p>We report a case of fulminant hepatic failure secondary to metastatic malignant melanoma infiltration of the liver.<\/jats:p>\n                     <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2407-5-67","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,6,30]],"date-time":"2005-06-30T18:14:06Z","timestamp":1120155246000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Acute hepatic failure and multi-system organ failure secondary to replacement of the liver with metastatic melanoma"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Gilaad G","family":"Kaplan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shaun","family":"Medlicott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bruce","family":"Culleton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin B","family":"Laupland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,6,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"255_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6109(02)00092-0","volume":"83","author":"RA Desmond","year":"2003","unstructured":"Desmond RA, Soong SJ: Epidemiology of malignant melanoma. 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