Wilson disease

Wilson disease is a very rare inherited multisystemic disease presenting non-specific neurological, hepatic, psychiatric or osseo-muscular manifestations due to excessive copper deposition in the body.

Cataract

A cataract is an opacity or clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its capsule.


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PMID (PMCID)
47714
 FEMALE Adult
Kayser-Fleischer ring and associated cataract in Wilson's disease.
Tso MO, Fine BS, Thorpe HE.
Am J Ophthalmol. 1975;79(3):479-88.
A 22-year-old woman with hepatolenticular degeneration, or Wilson's disease, was note clinically to have Kayser-Fleischer rings and associated cataracts.