Unexplained findings of kayser-fleischer-like rings in a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
Cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic intake of medications that could induce cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's disease, or any other rare cause of cirrhosis according to the clinical context. Cryptogenic cirrhosis is a common cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is now recognized as the most common cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis. A biopsy specimen is also important for detecting histological advanced disease, which may be clinically silent and undetected by liver-related tests or diagnostic imaging. We are presenting an unusual case of a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis found to have Kayser-Fleischer-like rings without evidence of Wilson's disease.
Volume
2012
First Page
438525
Last Page
438525
ISSN
2090-6536
Published In/Presented At
Jawairia, M., Subhani, M., Siddiqui, G., Prasad, A., Shahzad, G., Rizvon, K., & Mustacchia, P. (2012). Unexplained findings of kayser-fleischer-like rings in a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis. Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, 2012, 438525. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/438525
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
22606437
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article