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.

Headache

Cephalgia, or pain sensed in various parts of the head, not confined to the area of distribution of any nerve.


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12211729
 FEMALE Adult
Acute haemolytic syndrome and liver failure as the first manifestations of Wilson's disease.
Dabrowska E, Jablonska-Kaszewska I, Ozieblowski A, Falkiewicz B.
Med Sci Monit. 2001;7 Suppl 1:246-51.
Acute liver failure and haemolytic syndrome appeared quite suddenly as the first manifestations of Wilson disease (WD) in five of our patients previously regarded as healthy persons (although an interview showed that 2-4 weeks prior to the illness the patients complained of several non-specific symptoms, such as abdominal pain, headaches, fever, weakness or behavioural changes).