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Lee, Kim, Chung, Kook, Byun, Kwon, Park, Choi, Hwang, and Ryang: Acute hemolytic crisis with fulminant hepatic failure as the first manifestation of Wilson's disease: a case report

Abstract

We report a 27-year-old woman who developed Coombs' negative hemolytic anemia and fulminant hepatic failure as the initial manifestation of Wilson's disease. Unmeasurably low level of serum alkaline phosphatase provided a clue to the diagnosis of Wilson's disease. The diagnosis was established with the presence of Kayser-Fleischer ring, decreased serum ceruloplasmin level, and elevated urine and serum copper levels. In spite of repeated plasmapheresis, she died of multiorgan failure on the fifth hospital day.

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