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Endocrine Symptoms as the Initial Manifestation of Wilson’s Disease

Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disorder of copper metabolism. The difference in copper tissue accumulation is responsible for the various clinical manifestations of this disorder. If left untreated, Wilson’s disease progresses to hepatic failure, severe neurological disability, and even death. D...

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Autores principales: Krysiak, Robert, Handzlik-Orlik, Gabriela, Okopien, Boguslaw
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: YJBM 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22737053
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description Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disorder of copper metabolism. The difference in copper tissue accumulation is responsible for the various clinical manifestations of this disorder. If left untreated, Wilson’s disease progresses to hepatic failure, severe neurological disability, and even death. Due to the complex clinical picture of Wilson’s disease, its diagnosis relies on a high index of suspicion. In our paper, we present endocrine symptoms suggesting the presence of insulinoma and hyperprolactinemia as the initial clinical manifestation of Wilson’s disease in a young female. Zinc acetate treatment resulted in the disappearance of hypoglycemia, galactorrhea, and menstrual abnormalities.
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spelling pubmed-33756622012-06-25 Endocrine Symptoms as the Initial Manifestation of Wilson’s Disease Krysiak, Robert Handzlik-Orlik, Gabriela Okopien, Boguslaw Yale J Biol Med Case Report Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disorder of copper metabolism. The difference in copper tissue accumulation is responsible for the various clinical manifestations of this disorder. If left untreated, Wilson’s disease progresses to hepatic failure, severe neurological disability, and even death. Due to the complex clinical picture of Wilson’s disease, its diagnosis relies on a high index of suspicion. In our paper, we present endocrine symptoms suggesting the presence of insulinoma and hyperprolactinemia as the initial clinical manifestation of Wilson’s disease in a young female. Zinc acetate treatment resulted in the disappearance of hypoglycemia, galactorrhea, and menstrual abnormalities. YJBM 2012-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3375662/ /pubmed/22737053 Text en Copyright ©2012, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375662/
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