Wilson disease manifested primarily as amenorrhea and accompanying thrombocytopenia

• Published in: Journal of adolescent health Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 378 - 380
• Main Authors: ERKAN, TÜL.A.Y., AKTUGLU, Ç.I.G.D.E.M., GÜLCAN, E.M.A.H.I.R., KUTLU, T.U.F.A.N., ÇULLU, FÜG.E.N., APAK, H.I.L.M.I., TÜMAY, GÜNGÖR.T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2002; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent girls; Amenorrhea; Amenorrhea - etiology; Biological and medical sciences; Carbohydrates (enzymatic deficiencies). Glycogenosis; Case studies; Errors of metabolism; Female; Hepatolenticular Degeneration - complications; Hepatolenticular Degeneration - diagnosis; Humans; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytopenia - etiology; Wilson's disease; Human; Thrombocytopenia; Menstruation disorders; Nervous system diseases; Wilson disease; Metabolic diseases; Hemopathy; Enzymopathy; Female genital diseases; Genetic disease; Case study; Symptomatology; Concomitant disease; Platelet; Treatment; Adolescent; Amenorrhea; Digestive diseases; Evolution; Female
• ISSN: 1054-139X; 1879-1972
• DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00355-5

Wilson disease (WD), referred to as hepatolenticular degeneration and occurring primarily as neurological and liver disease, is an inherited disorder that has various clinical presentations. Presents an adolescent patient with secondary amenorrhea, and thrombocytopenia in the absence of hypersplenism as the initial presentation. (Quotes from original text)