Wilson's disease presenting with an unusual cough.
A 26-year-old man developed an unusual repetitive, nonproductive cough. Extensive pulmonary and otolaryngology investigations failed to disclose a cause. It was only after he developed additional neurological manifestations ultimately leading to the diagnosis of Wilson's disease (WD) that a neurological basis for the cough was suspected. Features of the cough suggest it was a form of respiratory dyskinesia, a previously unreported presentation of WD.
Crone
Nathan E
NE
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
Jinnah
H A
HA
Reich
Stephen G
SG
D000328:Adult; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003371:Cough / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology
D002614:Chelating Agents; D008982:Molybdenum; C020809:tetrathiomolybdate