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DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-13701
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Laparoscopic Findings in Wilson’s Disease without Cirrhosis
K. Shiraki,M.D., Ph.D.
First Dept. of Internal Medicine
Mie University School of Medicine
2-174 Edobashi
Tsu
Mie
Japan
Fax: Fax:+81-59-231-5201
Email: E-mail:katsuyas@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
Publication History
Publication Date:
31 December 2001 (online)
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Figure 1A 25-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of liver dysfunction with abnormal copper metabolism. Laparoscopic findings revealed a mild yellowish liver with smooth surface. There were multiple dark-bluish round spots 1-2 mm in diameter on the surface of both lobes, indicating uneven distribution of copper deposition. The patient was diagnosed as having the early stage of Wilson’s disease.^_stand_item=F587-1
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Figure 2Histological findings revealed regenerative lobules with thin fibrous septa. In the parenchyma, fatty change was irregularly distributed, compatible with Wilson’s disease (hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification × 100).^_stand_item=F587-2
K. Shiraki,M.D., Ph.D.
First Dept. of Internal Medicine
Mie University School of Medicine
2-174 Edobashi
Tsu
Mie
Japan
Fax: Fax:+81-59-231-5201
Email: E-mail:katsuyas@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
K. Shiraki,M.D., Ph.D.
First Dept. of Internal Medicine
Mie University School of Medicine
2-174 Edobashi
Tsu
Mie
Japan
Fax: Fax:+81-59-231-5201
Email: E-mail:katsuyas@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
![](https://www.thieme-connect.de/media/endoscopy/200104/thumbnails/587en01fig1.gif)
![Zoom Image](/products/assets/desktop/css/img/icon-figure-zoom.png)
Figure 1A 25-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of liver dysfunction with abnormal copper metabolism. Laparoscopic findings revealed a mild yellowish liver with smooth surface. There were multiple dark-bluish round spots 1-2 mm in diameter on the surface of both lobes, indicating uneven distribution of copper deposition. The patient was diagnosed as having the early stage of Wilson’s disease.^_stand_item=F587-1
![](https://www.thieme-connect.de/media/endoscopy/200104/thumbnails/587en02fig2.gif)
![Zoom Image](/products/assets/desktop/css/img/icon-figure-zoom.png)
Figure 2Histological findings revealed regenerative lobules with thin fibrous septa. In the parenchyma, fatty change was irregularly distributed, compatible with Wilson’s disease (hematoxylin and eosin, original magnification × 100).^_stand_item=F587-2