Liver imaging findings of Wilson's disease

Eur J Radiol. 2007 Jan;61(1):25-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.006. Epub 2006 Dec 8.

Abstract

Wilson's disease is a rare, autosomal-recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism resulting in accumulation of copper in liver. The form of liver disease varies, depending on the severity of the disease at the time of diagnosis and pathological findings include fatty changes, acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis and occasionally fulminant hepatic necrosis. Liver imaging findings reflect a wide range of physiopathological processes of the disease and also demonstrate the associated findings of cirrhosis in cases with advanced disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / complications*
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Liver Diseases / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Ultrasonography