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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 185-190Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/039463200702000122
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Wilson disease; lichenoid dermatitis; penicillamine; zinc acetate; trientine; SPECT abnormalities
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Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of hepatic copper metabolism with consequent copper accumulation and toxicity in many tissues and consequent hepatic, neurologic and psychiatric disorders. We report a case of Wilson disease with chronic liver disease; moreover, in our patient, presenting also with high levels of state anxiety without depression, Tc-99m-ECD-SPECT showed cortical hypoperfusion in frontal lobes, more marked on the left frontal lobe. During the follow-up of our patient, penicillamine was interrupted after the appearance of a lichenoid dermatitis, and zinc acetate permitted to continue the successful treatment of the patient without side-effects. In our case the therapy with zinc acetate represented an effective treatment for a Wilson disease patient in which penicillamine-related side effects appeared. The safety of the zinc acetate allowed us to avoid other potentially toxic chelating drugs; this observation is in line with the growing evidence on the efficacy of the drug in the treatment of Wilson disease. Since most of Wilson disease penicillamine-treated patients do not seem to develop this skin lesion, it could be conceivable that a specific genetic factor is involved in drug response. Further studies are needed for a better clarification of Wilson disease therapy, and in particular to differentiate specific therapies for different Wilson disease phenotypes.
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