title: Idiopathic thrombocytopenia associated with Wilson's disease.
abstract: We present the case of a 53 year-old patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenia associated with Wilson's disease. Idiopathic thrombocytopenia was diagnosed in August of 1994, and as the response to corticosteroid therapy was poor, the patient underwent a splenectomy in October of the same year. A liver biopsy, which was performed during the operation, showed Wilson's disease in the form of mild, chronic, active hepatitis. The serum ceruloplasmin was low, and the Kayser Fleischer's ring was positive. MRI of the brain showed cortical reductive changes with areas of copper accumulation in the white brain matter. An unusual presentation of Wilson's disease associated with idiopathic thrombocytopenia has not been published as of yet. The diagnosis of Wilson's disease was made at an advanced, adult age, which may implicate a heterozygous genetic configuration.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Haematology, Clinical Centre, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donfrid
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strahinja
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colovic
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Begic-Janeva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colovic
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*