title: [Wilson's disease: clinical diagnosis and "faces of panda" signs in magnetic resonance imaging. Case report].
abstract: A 25 year-old man was admitted with polymorph symptomatology resembling basal ganglia disease associated with psychiatric manifestations. The patient had been treated with pericyazine. The drug was stopped but the symptomatology did not improve. The diagnosis of Wilson's disease was established through ophthalmologic examination with slit-lamp that revealed the Kayser-Fleischer ring and laboratory abnormalities showing a low serum ceruloplasmin level and increased urinary copper excretion. T2-weighted axial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the " face of panda signs" in the midbrain and pons.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Correia de Farias
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: Mário de Almeida Pereira
authors.initials: Mde A
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Hermano José Falcone de
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Paulo Virgolino da
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Nóbrega
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000652:urine; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000032:analysis; D003300:Copper / Q000652:urine; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D003300:Copper; D002570:Ceruloplasmin