CASE REPORT
Recurrent Hemolytic Anemia as an Inaugural Manifestation of Wilson Disease in Children: A Case Report
Ouidad Louachama*, Aicha Bourrahouat, Ibtissam Khattou, Imane Ait Sab, Mohamed Sbihi
Pediatric Department B, Mother and Child Hospital, Mohamed VI Marrakesh University hospital, Marrakesh, Morocco
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2019Volume: 9
First Page: 5
Last Page: 6
Publisher Id: TOPEDJ-9-5
DOI: 10.2174/1874309901909010005
Article History:
Received Date: 05/11/2018Revision Received Date: 30/01/2019
Acceptance Date: 17/02/2019
Electronic publication date: 25/02/2019
Collection year: 2019
© 2019 Louachama et al.
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Wilson disease (WD) is a disorder of copper metabolism. Liver and brain disorders are the main presentations, hemolytic anemia in WD is a rare inaugural symptom. We report a case of a child who developed recurrent hemolytic anemia associated with liver failure in the second hemolysis episode as the first manifestation of WD.
Wilson's disease is not exceptional in children with hemolytic anemia, but another differential diagnosis must be excluded.
Keywords: Wilson disease, Hemolytic anemia, Liver failure, Abdominal examination, Abdominal ultrasound, Chronic hepatitis.
