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Wilson’s Disease Masquerading as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in an Adolescent
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Wilson’s Disease Masquerading as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in an Adolescent

Rajeev Goyal, Swathi Chacham, Jagdish P Goyal and Madhuradhar Chegondi
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.12(7), e9160
07/12/2020
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.9160
PMCID: PMC7417298
PMID: 32789096
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Abstract

Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare autosomal-recessive inborn error of copper metabolism characterized by the toxic accumulation of copper in liver, brain, cornea, and other tissues. It has a variable clinical presentation. Musculoskeletal presentations are very unusual. We report a 17-year-old male who presented to us with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which later proved to be a case of WD.
Gastroenterology Pediatrics Rheumatology children juvenile idiopathic arthritis wilson’s disease

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