This is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism . Copper accumulates in the liver initially ; once the liver is saturated,...
This is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. Copper accumulates in the liver initially; once the liver is saturated, copper deposition occurs in the basal ganglia, renal tubules, cornea (Kayser-Fleischer rings), bones, joints and parathyroid glands.
US
• Imaging features are non-specific.
• Fatty infiltration.
• Acute or chronic hepatitis.
• Cirrhosis or liver necrosis.
MRI
• Cirrhosis.
• Findings are non-specific.
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