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.

Leukemia

A cancer of the blood and bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of leukocytes.


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PMID (PMCID)
11105631
MALE Child
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child with Wilson disease.
Yuce A, Kocak N, Yetgin S, Ozen H, Gurakan F, Yenicesu I.
Turk J Pediatr. 2000;42(3):256-7.
Although leukemia is the most common form of childhood malignancies, the probability of the presence of Wilson disease and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the same patient is very low.