Wilson’s disease: differential diagnosis
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Wilson’s disease: differential diagnosis. Essential tremor (ET), Young-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Clinical differential diagnosis
- Essential tremor (ET)
- Young-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD)
- Generalized dystonia
- Huntington disease (HD)
- Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)
- Idiopathic torsion dystonia
- Chorea-acanthocytosis
- Benign familial chorea
Other copper deficiency syndromes
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Causes of low serum ceruloplasmin
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References
- Prashanth LK, Taly AB, Sinha S, et al. Prognostic factors in patients presenting with severe neurological forms of Wilson’s disease. QJM 2005; 98:557-563.
- Kumar N, Gross JB, Ahlskog JE. Copper deficiency myelopathy produces a clinical picture like subacute combined degeneration. Neurology 2004; 63:33-39.
- Nations SP, Boyer PJ, Love LA, et al. Denture cream: an unusual source of excess zinc, leading to hypocupremia and neurologic disease. Neurology 2008; 71:639-643.
- Rowin J, Lewis SL. Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy and pancytopenia secondary to overuse of zinc supplementation. JNNP 2005; 76:750-751.
- da Silva-Junior FP, Machado AAC, Lucato LT, Cancado ELR, Barbosa ER. Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy in a patient with Wilson disease. Neurology 2011; 76:1673-1674.
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