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.

Rhabdomyolysis

Breakdown of muscle fibers that leads to the release of muscle fiber contents (myoglobin) into the bloodstream.


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PMID (PMCID)
10604583
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Albumin dialysis: effective removal of copper in a patient with fulminant Wilson disease and successful bridging to liver transplantation: a new possibility for the elimination of protein-bound toxins.
Kreymann B, Seige M, Schweigart U, Kopp KF, Classen M.
J Hepatol. 1999;31(6):1080-5.
An 18-year-old man with Wilson disease presented with hyperacute liver failure, hepatic encephalopathy III, oligo-anuric renal failure, haemolytic anaemia, rhabdomyolysis, pancreatitis and thrombocytopenia.