Open AccessTHE PSEUDOSCLEROTIC FORM (“WING-BEATING TREMOR”) OF WILSON’S DISEASE
Author(s) -
Alina Poalelungi,
Viorel Poalelungi,
Daniela Mladin,
Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2069-6094
pISSN - 1843-8148
DOI - 10.37897/rjn.2015.4.10
Subject(s) - wilson's disease , fleischer , copper metabolism , cornea , medicine , disease , ophthalmology , pathology , copper , chemistry , philosophy , linguistics , german , organic chemistry
Wilson disease is a rare monogenic, autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism, leading to progressive accumulation of copper in different organs, essentially in the liver, brain and cornea. We report a case of a 25 years old man, Caucasian, with “wing-beating tremor” in the right arm that started with two month in advance of hospital admission, than evolved to the left arm, a week before hospitalization. The slit-lamp examination showed the presence of Kayser-Fleischer rings in both eyes. The laboratory tests and brain MRI confirmed the diagnostic of Wilson’s disease.