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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Case Report: Mimicking benignity: hepatic sinusoidal metastasis masquerading as diffuse liver disease in small cell lung cancer.

Lujiao Chen, Lulin Chen, Jianfeng Yang, Minxia Yang

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lujiao ChenDepartment of Radiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China.
Lulin ChenDepartment of Ultrasound, Affiliated hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China.
Jianfeng YangDepartment of Radiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China.
Minxia YangDepartment of Radiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China.

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Abstract

Background: Small cell lung cancer is extremely aggressive. Although liver metastasis is common, cases of diffuse intra-sinusoidal metastasis leading to liver failure and death are quite rare. Case presentation: This paper reports a case of a 58-year-old male diagnosed with small cell lung cancer through a pathological biopsy, who died due to the rapid progression of liver failure caused by diffuse hepatic sinusoidal metastasis during subsequent treatment. Conclusions: Diffuse intra-sinusoidal liver metastasis originating from small cell lung cancer may serve as a clinically occult cause of liver failure. Such metastases progress rapidly, often leading to death within days to weeks. For patients with a history of malignant tumors, if imaging studies reveal diffuse liver lesions and rapidly progressing liver function abnormalities, there should be a high suspicion of diffuse hepatic sinusoidal metastasis. A timely liver biopsy should be performed to confirm the diagnosis, providing a theoretical basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

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case reportdiffuse intrahepatic metastasisliver failuresmall cell lung cancertreatment

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