Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis
Cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic in...
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| author | Mahreema Jawairia Miral Subhani Ghulam Siddiqui Apsara Prasad Ghulamullah Shahzad Kaleem Rizvon Paul Mustacchia |
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| description | Cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic intake of medications that could induce cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson’s disease, or any other rare cause of cirrhosis according to the clinical context. Cryptogenic cirrhosis is a common cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is now recognized as the most common cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis. A biopsy specimen is also important for detecting histological advanced disease, which may be clinically silent and undetected by liver-related tests or diagnostic imaging. We are presenting an unusual case of a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis found to have Kayser-Fleischer-like rings without evidence of Wilson’s disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ac6cbd25ce24be68eb26f89e1dcd4f32025-02-03T01:01:03ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362012-01-01201210.1155/2012/438525438525Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic CirrhosisMahreema Jawairia0Miral Subhani1Ghulam Siddiqui2Apsara Prasad3Ghulamullah Shahzad4Kaleem Rizvon5Paul Mustacchia6Department of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USADepartment of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USADepartment of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USADepartment of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USADepartment of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USADepartment of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USADepartment of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USACryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic intake of medications that could induce cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson’s disease, or any other rare cause of cirrhosis according to the clinical context. Cryptogenic cirrhosis is a common cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is now recognized as the most common cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis. A biopsy specimen is also important for detecting histological advanced disease, which may be clinically silent and undetected by liver-related tests or diagnostic imaging. We are presenting an unusual case of a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis found to have Kayser-Fleischer-like rings without evidence of Wilson’s disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/438525 |
| spellingShingle | Mahreema Jawairia Miral Subhani Ghulam Siddiqui Apsara Prasad Ghulamullah Shahzad Kaleem Rizvon Paul Mustacchia Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis |
| title_full | Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis |
| title_fullStr | Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis |
| title_short | Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis |
| title_sort | unexplained findings of kayser fleischer like rings in a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/438525 |
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