Relapsing hairy cell leukemia presenting as fulminant hepatitis

Acute liver failure in a patient with hairy cell leukemia

“…Hepatic invasion by malignant lymphoma frequently affect the liver, but it is a rare cause of liver failure and usually has a fatal prognosis [5][6][7][8] . We only have found after a review one case of acute liver failure in a patient with hepatic invasion by HCL 9 . As in this case, acute advanced liver failure and death shortly after the onset of symptom.…”

Hairy cell leukemia: biology, clinical diagnosis, unusual manifestations and associated disorders

“…Liver involvement with gross hepatomegaly sometimes occurs in HCL with progressive disease (60,119,167). Some cases with large "cavernous" hemangiomas of the liver have been seen on CT scan and at autopsy (163).…”