J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1987 Jun;28(3):661-665.
A Case of Wilson's Disease
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, St. Benedict Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
Abstract
- Wilson's disease is associated with abnormal deposition of copper in the brain, liver, kidneys and other body tissues, apparently due to an inherited defect in copper metabolism. Clinically the disorder is manifested by signs and symptoms of basal ganglia disease, postnecrotic hepatic cirrhosis, Kayser-Fleischer rings, hypoceruloplasminemia, hypocupremia, hypouricemia, cupruresis, and aminoaciduria. The authors experienced a case of Wilson's disease showing the characteristic signs such as Kayser-Fleischer rings, dysarthria, dysphagia and muscular rigidity, without any signs of liver involvement. A review of this case is provided with the literature.
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