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Volume 61, Issue 1, Pages 25-32 (January 2007)


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Liver imaging findings of Wilson's disease

Erhan Akpinar, Okan AkhanCorresponding Author Informationemail address

Received 8 October 2006; accepted 2 November 2006.

Abstract 

Wilson's disease is a rare, autosomal-recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism resulting in accumulation of copper in liver. The form of liver disease varies, depending on the severity of the disease at the time of diagnosis and pathological findings include fatty changes, acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis and occasionally fulminant hepatic necrosis. Liver imaging findings reflect a wide range of physiopathological processes of the disease and also demonstrate the associated findings of cirrhosis in cases with advanced disease.

Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 06100 Ankara, Turkey

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PII: S0720-048X(06)00446-3

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.006


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