[Wilson'S disease: dominant neuropsychiatric form. Case presentation and its physiopathologic interpretation based upon magnetic resonance of the encephalon].
This is a presentation of a clinical case of Wilson s disease. The patient is a 26 year old woman who began to evidence psychological symptoms, which were later accompanied by neurological manifestations such as asymmetrical hand tremor, parkinsonism, dystonia and later on, dysphagia and mutism. The ophthalmological examination found a Kayser Fleischer ring in Descemet s membrane. There was disturbance of copper metabolism documented with reduction of serum ceruloplasmin and increase of the urinary excretion of copper. Cirrhosis was demonstrated through laparoscopy and liver biopsy. The brain magnetic resonance showed frontotemporal atrophy and a degenerative process at the basal ganglia, cerebellum and brain stem. This information could suggest probable neuropsychiatric physiopathology. The stenosis and intense cervical dysphagia, associated with the crycopharyngeal membrane, has not been mentioned previously.
Castañeda
Marco A
MA
Asociado de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, UNMSM.
Ubilluz
Rodrígo
R
Avalos
Carmen
C
Escalante
Diego
D
Nicoll
Juana
J
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging