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Increased circulating copper concentration

MedGen UID:
1621432
Concept ID:
C4522127
Finding
Synonyms: Blood copper level above reference range; Elevated blood copper level; Elevated serum copper; Hypercupremia; Raised blood copper level
SNOMED CT: Elevated blood copper level (737560000); Raised blood copper level (737560000); Hypercupremia (737560000); Blood copper level above reference range (737560000)
 
HPO: HP:0032254

Definition

An abnormally elevated concentration of copper in the blood circulation. This term refers to the total copper concentration. [from HPO]

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Conditions with this feature

Wilson disease
MedGen UID:
42426
Concept ID:
C0019202
Disease or Syndrome
Wilson disease is a disorder of copper metabolism that, when untreated, can present with hepatic, neurologic, or psychiatric disturbances – or a combination of these – in individuals ages three years to older than 70 years. Manifestations in untreated individuals vary among and within families. Liver disease can include recurrent jaundice, simple acute self-limited hepatitis-like illness, autoimmune-type hepatitis, fulminant hepatic failure, or chronic liver disease. Neurologic presentations can include dysarthria, movement disorders (tremors, involuntary movements, chorea, choreoathetosis), dystonia (mask-like facies, rigidity, gait disturbance, pseudobulbar involvement), dysautonomia, seizures, sleep disorders, or insomnia. Psychiatric disturbances can include depression, bipolar disorder / bipolar spectrum disorder, neurotic behaviors, personality changes, or psychosis. Other multisystem involvement can include the eye (Kayser-Fleischer rings), hemolytic anemia, the kidneys, the endocrine glands, and the heart.

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