Fulminant hepatic failure resulting from small-cell lung cancer and dramatic response of chemotherapy

Table 1 Summary of 21 previously reported cases of acute hepatic failure due to metastatic small-cell carcinoma

References	Age (yr)	Chemotherapy	Coma	Diagnosisbefore death	Survival (d)
1	68	No	Yes	No	18
1	66	No	Yes	Yes	1
1	58	No	Yes	No	2
1	51	Yes	No	Yes	19
2	68	No	No	Yes	3
3	56	Yes	No	Yes	>140
4	45	Yes	No	Yes	114
5	66	No	Yes	No	3
6	85	No	Yes	No	8
7	64	No	Yes	No	6
8	46	No	Yes	No	8
12	48	No	No	No	14
12	59	No	No	No	14
12	45	No	No	No	6
13	79	No	No	No	6
14	57	No	No	No	10
14	52	No	No	No	16
15	55	Yes	No	No	5
15	57	NR1	NR1	No	NR1
16	46	NR1	NR1	No	9
17	65	No	No	No	20
Present case	71	Yes	Yes	Yes	>182

¹NR: not reported.