Liver failure due to metastatic melanoma: A case report

Figure 1 Ultrasound examination. A: Marked hepatomegaly with multiple hypervascular lesions in the liver; B: Sagittal section showing hepatomegaly, thrombus in the left hepatic vein (arrow), with absence of the right and middle hepatic veins; C: Sagittal section showing hepatomegaly and thrombus in the left hepatic vein.

Figure 2 Microscopic view shows a sparse amount of normal liver parenchyma, with the remainder of the biopsy consisting of a necrotic tumor infiltrate composed of clusters and short strands of atypical, oval to spindle-shaped cells, with polymorphic nuclei and prominent nucleoli. Arrows are pointing to the tumor cells.

Figure 3 Immunohistochemical analysis of liver biopsy. A: Human melanoma black; B: Cytokeratin AE1/AE3; C: Discovered On Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 1.