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3516787

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
A 22-yr-old woman presented with fulminant Wilson's disease. The diagnosis was suspected clinically and was later confirmed with chemical and pathologic studies. She presented with acute hepatic failure, hemolysis, and acute anuric renal failure. Postdilution hemofiltration and continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration with oral D-penicillamine allowed removal of a total of 95,700 micrograms of copper; 78,665 micrograms of the total were removed via postdilution hemofiltration alone. On the 57th day, the patient received successful liver and renal transplants. We found that the determination of serum copper was instrumental in the diagnosis of fulminant Wilson's disease, that postdilution hemofiltration allowed a rapid removal of copper in the presence of renal failure, and that, finally, orthotopic liver transplantation should be performed early in the clinical course of these patients. This patient is the longest survivor of this serious condition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0016-5085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2004-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Fulminant Wilson's disease treated with postdilution hemofiltration and orthotopic liver transplantation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports