Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Vol , Num

Musculoskeletal Involvement in Adult Wilso's Disease: Case Report

Şule Şahin Onat 1 ,Zehra Şahin 1 ,Seda Biçer 1 ,Hülya Şirzai 2
1 Ankara Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Türkiye
2 Ankara Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara
DOI : 10.5152/tftrd.2015.17003

Wilson’s disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder in which copper pathologically accumulates primarily within the liver and subsequently in the central nervous system, eye and many other organs and tissues. Changes of the skeletal system are rare in Wilson’disease. Since the skeletal system problems improves the quality of life, if occurs, they should not be missed by clinicians. In this paper, we have determined the musculoskeletal involvements of Wilson disease whereby we have highlighted their importance for all departments.

Keywords : Musculoskeletal involvement, Wilso's disease, multidisciplinar approach