Wilson's disease in a Saudi family

Abstract EN

A Saudi family with Wilson’s disease is presented.

One member had symptomatic Wilson’s disease leading to liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and neuropsychiatrie syndrome but absent Kayser-Fleischer rings, while four other siblings had asymptomatic Wilson’s disease.

The pa-tient with the symptomatic Wilson’s disease will be presented and the sig-nificance of early detection is discussed, !t seems that Wilson’s disease may be underdiagnosed in Saudi Arabia.