Silent Wilsons Disease Unmasked By Hepatitis E-Case Study

Dr Priyal Patel, Dr Dhruv Kotecha, Dr Hetal Pandya

Abstract: SILENT WILSONS DISEASE UNMASKED BY HEPATITIS E Wilson disease is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism that is characterized by excessive deposition of copper in the liver, brain, and other tissues. Hepatitis E is a viral hepatitis caused by infection with a virus called hepatitis E virus. It is one of five known human hepatitis viruses. Although hepatitis E often causes an acute and self-limiting infection with low mortality rates in the western world, it bears a high risk of developing chronic hepatitis in immune compromised patients with substantial mortality rates. Reveal of Wilsons disease with viral hepatitis is reported earlier in the literature as a rare association. Here we report a case of report 24 year old female patient with biochemical, serological, hematological and histopathological evidence of underlying Wilsons disease complicated by hepatitis E virus infection. In this case the patient developed acute hepatic decompensation indicating that HEV plays a part in the acute hepatic decompensation seen in cases of unrecognized Wilsons disease.

Keywords: Wilsons Disease, Hepatitis E

How to Cite?: Dr Priyal Patel, Dr Dhruv Kotecha, Dr Hetal Pandya, "Silent Wilsons Disease Unmasked By Hepatitis E-Case Study", Volume 7 Issue 3, March 2018, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1911-1913, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20179760, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20179760

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