Rare presentation of Wilson's disease: a case report.
A female presented with pain in left flank, detected to have bilateral renal calculi with deranged liver functions. On investigation found her to have Wilson's disease with hypercalciuria and incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis. Patient was started on penicillamine following which her hepatitis improved but hypercalciuria persisted after 10 weeks of follow up. The rarity of such presentation and literature review for the same is discussed.
Kalra
Vikram
V
Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. docvikramkalra@rediffmail.com
Mahajan
Sandeep
S
Kesarwani
Pawan Kumar
PK
D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications*