Neurodegeneration in Hepatic and Neurologic Wilson's Disease

Hepatology. 2021 Aug;74(2):1117-1120. doi: 10.1002/hep.31681. Epub 2021 May 6.

Abstract

Clinical presentation of Wilson disease (WD) includes hepatic and neurologic manifestations. This study compares subcortical brain regions by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with WD and without neurological symptoms. Distinct atrophy affecting the basal ganglia, accumbens, and hippocampus was present in neurological WD. Cerebellar atrophy was observed in hepatic WD without neurological symptoms.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Atrophy / diagnosis
  • Atrophy / etiology
  • Basal Ganglia / diagnostic imaging
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology*
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellum / pathology*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / complications*
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / diagnosis
  • Hippocampus / diagnostic imaging
  • Hippocampus / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nucleus Accumbens / diagnostic imaging
  • Nucleus Accumbens / pathology*
  • Young Adult