Acute liver failure and liver transplantation secondary to flutamide treatment in a prostate cancer patient

oleh: Pablo A. Rojas, Tomás G. Iglesias, Francisco Barrera, Gonzalo P. Mendez, Javiera Torres, Ignacio F. San Francisco

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2020-11-01

Deskripsi

Flutamide is a first-generation nonsteroidal antiandrogen, used for treatment of advanced prostate cancer (PCa). We present the clinical case of a patient with localized high-risk PCa who started flutamide before radical prostatectomy and evolved with acute liver failure and liver transplantation. Hepatotoxicity induced by antiandrogen therapy, and current indications for first generation anti-androgen therapy were reviewed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a man diagnosed with PCa who evolved with acute liver failure secondary to flutamide, and finally required liver transplantation.