[Morbus wilson--progressive fatal course of the hepatic form with apoplexy and abscess of the brain (author's transl)].
The onset with a hemolytic crisis, as often described in the literature, led to the diagnosis of Wilson's disease. Treatment was immediately started in the usual way with diet and d-penicillamin. But the disease had already caused serious liver damage and renal lesions, and the patient died fourteen weeks after diagnosis. Examination of further family members disclosed a cousine with impaired liver and kidney function, also suffering from the hepatic form of homozygous Wilson's disease.
D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010396:Penicillamine
Morbus Wilson--rasch progredienter Verlauf bei einer hepatischen Form mit Apoplexie und Hirnabszess.