Late onset Wilson Disease with normal neuro-psychiatric status: A case report

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Introduction: Late onset Wilson disease (WD) is a rare form of WD. WD has variability of clinical presentations from acute liver failure to chronic liver disease (CLD). The hepatic and neurological variants of WD have wider variations. Case presentation: A 55-year-old female, known case of CLD, presenting with generalized body swelling and abdominal pain, was diagnosed with late onset WD with normal neuro-psychiatric status. She was treated with zinc and considered for liver transplantation. Clinical discussion: Late onset WD is itself a rare form of WD. Within it, neurological manifestations are common in late onset WD, which was quite opposite as compared to our case. Similarly, diagnostic delay has been a concern in late onset WD with CLD as with our case. Conclusions: In spite of being uncommon in later age, WD and its different variations like with normal neuro-psychiatric status should be considered as an etiology in cases of unexplained liver diseases.

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