Surgical Debulking for Refractory Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatology. 2021 Nov;74(5):2899-2901. doi: 10.1002/hep.31998. Epub 2021 Aug 21.

Authors

Vinod Solipuram^{1

2}, Marina Baretti², Alexander Y Kim³, Lucy X Chen³, Jill A Fahrner^{3

4}, Meral Gunay-Aygun³, Xiao P Peng³, Dylan Hardenbergh², Anna Ferguson², Paige Griffith², Yuxuan Wang², Madelena Brancati², Harish Gopalakrishna^{1

2}, Tomoaki Kato⁵, Chris Shubert², Daniel Laheru², Mark Yarchoan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
² The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Ammonia / blood
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures*
Hepatic Encephalopathy / blood
Hepatic Encephalopathy / diagnosis
Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology
Hepatic Encephalopathy / surgery*
Humans
Hyperammonemia / blood
Hyperammonemia / diagnosis
Hyperammonemia / etiology
Hyperammonemia / surgery*
Liver Neoplasms / complications
Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Ammonia

Supplementary concepts

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

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