International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 9

The Silent Wilson's Disease Unmasked by Hepatitis E Infection-A Case Report and Review of Literatures

  • Author:
  • Rajdeep Basu, Sukalpa Chaudhuri, Himadri Sonowal, Soumitra Ghosh
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 59 to 61

Department of Internal Medicine, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

*Corresponding e-mail: raz.basu@gmail.com

Online published on 19 November, 2018.

Abstract

Reveal of Wilson's disease with viral hepatitis is reported earlier in the literature as a rare association. Here we have reported a case of late onset Wilson's disease diagnosed after hepatitis E infection in a 45 years old male who had no manifestation of liver disease before the infection and rapid deterioration thereafter.

Keywords

Wilson's Disease (WD), Late onset, Hepatitis E, Rapid deterioration