Clinical Case Reports (Jun 2019)

Late‐onset Wilson disease in older patient without ophthalmological findings, a case report

  • Mehdi Yousefi,
  • Masoud Yousefi,
  • Anneh M. Gharravi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2203
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 6
pp. 1253 – 1258

Abstract

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Abstract A 60‐year‐old man was referred to hospital for loss of consciousness. Her late‐onset Wilson disease was diagnosed with elevated serum bilirubin, hepatic copper concentration, and urinary copper excretion. Zinc sulfate administration decreased the majority of clinical symptoms.

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