Fulminant hepatic failure without evidence of cirrhosis in a case of Wilson's disease.
Fulminant hepatic failure without evidence of cirrhosis in a case of Wilson's disease.
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威尔逊病病例中没有肝硬化证据的暴发性肝衰竭。
DOI:
10.2169/internalmedicine1962.28.80
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发表时间:
1989
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通讯作者:
Yoshiyuki Niho
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作者:
Katsuaki Enomoto;Hiromi Ishibashi;Katsumi Irie;Y. Okumura;Hideyuki Nomura;Masahiro Fukushima;Shoichi Inaba;Yoshiyuki Niho
We treated a sixteen-year old Japanese girl with fulminant hepatic failure in Wilson's disease. The diagnosis of Wilson's disease was made immediately after the admission because of low serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels with high urinary copper excretion. Her hepatic failure was accompanied by bouts of hemolytic crisis. In spite of the administration of D-penicillamine and repeated plasmapheresis, she died of hepatic failure four months later. At autopsy, the surface of the liver was smooth. The histology of the liver showed massive necrosis. There were only a few remaining scattered hepatocytes, in which copper was revealed by Rhodanine staining. There was no evidence of cirrhosis. The livers of the previously reported cases of Wilson's disease accompanied by fulminant hepatic failure were all cirrhotic. Our case indicated that Wilson's disease could occur as true fulminant hepatic failure without preceeding neurological and hepatological signs and the evidence of cirrhosis.