2. How do I Diagnose Neuro WD?
w w w . m o v e m e n t d i s o r d e r s c l i n i c . c o m
Dr. Prashanth LK,
Consultant Neurologist & Movement Disorders Specialist
Consultant Neurologist,
Specialist : Parkinson’s Disease & Other Movement Disorders
Apollo Hospitals,
Bangalore
3. Wilson’s Disease Clinic @ NIMHANS
Prof.H.Sathyanarayana Swamy
Prof. A B Taly Prof. Sanjib Sinha
7. ? A Case
Case or Two
Several Cases
Many Cases During a Career
Hundreds of Cases During a Decade
What causes
Misdiagnosis?
Probability of Seeing Wilson’s Disease
General Practitioner
General Internist
Specialist
Super Specialist
Center for
WD
8. How to Reduce Errors?
How to Diagnose Wilson’s Disease?
9. How do I Approach ?
Clinical Suspicion
Classical High Degree Of Suspicion
• Unexplained Jaundice
• Hepatic Features with EPS
• Family History
• Early / Young onset EPS
• Progressive Behavioral Symptoms
• Multi-axial Neurological Involvement
• Recurrent Pathological fractures
• Unexplained Hematological problems
10. How do I Approach ?
Clinical Suspicion
Confirmatory
Workup
Classical High Degree Of Suspicion
BiochemicalOphthalmic Radiological Genetics
• Unexplained Jaundice
• Hepatic Features with EPS
• Family History
• Early / Young onset EPS
• Progressive Behavioral Symptoms
• Multi-axial Neurological Involvement
• Recurrent Pathological fractures
• Unexplained Hematological problems
• Slit Lamp
Confirmed KF
ring
• Raised 24hr Urinary
copper
• Low serum ceruloplasmin
• USG Abdomen
• MRI Brain
• Confirmed Mutations
Chromosome 13q14
11. Nutshell
• High Degree of Suspicion
• All Patients with young onset Extrapyramidal features should be evaluated for WD
unless proven otherwise
• Multi Axial Neurological Involvement : Neurology + Behavior
• Multi Axial Systemic Involvement :
• Pathological Fractures / Hematological Issues / Renal issues
• Unexplained jaundice
• MRI : Signal Changes in Basal Ganglia, Thalami, & Brainstem. Face of Giant
Panda Sign, Mid brain tectal plate changes, CPM like changes