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An 18-year-old woman presents with bilateral tremor of the hands

18 years old | Female

Vignette:

An 18-year-old woman presents with bilateral tremor of the hands. She is a senior in high school and during the year her grades have plummeted to the point that she is failing. She says her memory is now poor, and she has trouble focusing on tasks. Her behavior has changed in the past 6 months in that she has frequent episodes of depression, separated by episodes of bizarre behavior, including shoplifting and excessive drinking. Her parents and other authorities have begun to suspect her of using street drugs, which she denies. Her handwriting has become very sloppy. Her parents have noted slight slurring of her speech. Physical exam reveals upper extremity tremor, mild dystonia of the upper extremities, and mild incoordination involving her hands. Slit-lamp examination reveals Kayser-Fleischer rings.

Summary:

bilateral tremor of the hands | poor memory | trouble focusing on tasks | behavior has changed | change mental status | months | frequent | episode | depression | bizarre behavior | shoplifting drinking | excessive drinking | sloppy handwriting | speech slurring | upper extremity tremor | dystonia of the upper extremities | incoordination hands | Kayser-Fleischer rings

Dx:

Wilson disease

Ref:

https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/42722/Wilson-disease/Common-Vignette

Rank

Disease

Weight

1 Wilson disease 460.0
2 Hepatic Encephalopathy 409.0
3 Hypothyroidism 301.0
4 Multiple Sclerosis 295.0
5 Primary biliary cirrhosis 283.0
6 Acute Liver Failure 273.0
7 Primary sclerosing cholangitis 268.0
8 Fibromyalgia 263.0
9 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis 254.0
10 Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic state 244.0
11 Adrenocortical carcinoma 229.0
12 Biliary cirrhosis 223.0
13 Chronic bacterial prostatitis 220.0
14 Toxic Megacolon 216.0
15 Foreign body ingestion 216.0
16 Cushing syndrome 212.0
17 Intussusception 204.0
18 biliary SOD 198.0
19 Chronic prostatitis 198.0
20 Acute Bacterial Prostatitis 198.0
21 Prostatitis 198.0
22 Listerial gastroenteritis 197.0
23 Bacterial gastroenteritis 197.0
24 Hemorrhagic stroke 195.0
25 Globus Sensation 195.0
26 Hyperparathyroidism 194.0
27 Ovarian Cancer 189.0
28 Mesenteric ischemia 186.0
29 Acute Cholangitis 182.0
30 pancreatic cancer 181.0
31 Alzheimer disease 180.0
32 Graves Disease 179.0
33 Eclampsia 178.0
34 Hypercalcemia 177.0
35 Chronic Hepatitis 177.0
36 Preeclampsia 174.0
37 Atopic dermatitis 171.0
38 COPD Exacerbation 171.0
39 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis 166.0
40 Biliary cyst 166.0
41 Choledochal Cyst 166.0
42 Fungal meningitis 165.0
43 Hemolytic uremic syndrome 155.0
44 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 154.0
45 Parkinson disease 150.0
46 Essential Tremor 149.0
47 Anaphylaxis 149.0
48 Ruptured ectopic pregnancy 149.0
49 Ischemic stroke 145.0
50 Acute bacterial meningitis in adults 144.0
51 Systemic lupus erythematosus 143.0
52 Amphetamine use disorder 142.0
53 Liver Cirrhosis 142.0
54 Obstructive Sleep Apnea 140.0
55 Stroke 139.0
56 Acute intermittent porphyria 139.0
57 Acute peptic ulcer 137.0
58 Influenza 137.0
59 Bladder Cancer 137.0
60 Celiac Disease 136.0
61 Brucellosis 136.0
62 Hyperaldosteronism 135.0
63 Acute respiratory failure 135.0
64 Aseptic meningitis 130.0
65 Gallbladder Dyskinesia 130.0
66 pancreatic SOD 130.0
67 Cholecystitis 130.0
68 Erectile dysfunction 129.0
69 Liver disease 128.0
70 Malaria 128.0
71 biliary colic 125.0
72 Autoimmune hepatitis 124.0
73 Optic neuritis 123.0
74 Neuropapillitis 123.0
75 Non-diabetic hypoglycemia 121.0
76 Menopause 118.0
77 Premenstrual syndrome 118.0
78 Chronic liver disease 118.0
79 Budd Chiari Syndrome 112.0
80 Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 111.0
81 Acute bacterial meningitis in neonates 111.0
82 Chronic Pancreatitis 111.0
83 Chronic pelvic pain in women 110.0
84 Allergic rhinitis 108.0
85 Hiatus hernia 106.0
86 Lactose intolerance 106.0
87 Ileus 106.0
88 Acute fatty liver of pregnancy 106.0
89 Acute viral meningitis 106.0
90 Chronic fatigue syndrome 106.0
91 Rheumatoid Arthritis 104.0
92 Acute pyelonephritis in adults 104.0
93 COVID19 104.0
94 Bullous pemphigoid 102.0
95 Hyperthyroidism 102.0
96 Addison Disease 102.0
97 Candidal intertrigo 101.0
98 Candida Balanitis 101.0
99 Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis 101.0
100 Vulvovaginal candidiasis 101.0
101 Oral candidiasis 101.0
102 Tics 101.0
103 Acute heart failure 100.0
104 mucosal Eosinophilic gastroenteritis 100.0
105 Muscle Layer Eosinophilic gastroenteritis 100.0
106 subserosal eosinophilic gastroenteritis 100.0
107 Sialadenitis 100.0
108 Gastric Volvulus 100.0
109 Rocky Mountain spotted fever 99.0
110 Acute Pancreatitis 99.0
111 Alcoholic hepatitis 99.0
112 Gallstone pancreatitis 99.0
113 Acromegaly 98.0
114 Polyarteritis nodosa 97.0
115 Campylobacter infection 97.0
116 Central hypothyroidism 96.0
117 Subdural hematoma 96.0
118 Duodenal Ulcer 96.0
119 Gastric Ulcer 96.0
120 Type 2 Diabetes mellitus 95.0
121 Migraine 95.0
122 Shigellosis 95.0
123 Type 1 Diabetes mellitus 94.0
124 Pyogenic Liver Abscess 94.0
125 Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess 94.0
126 Familial Mediterranean fever 93.0
127 Adrenal crisis 92.0
128 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia 92.0
129 Choledocholithiasis 92.0
130 Dyspepsia 92.0
131 Infectious mononucleosis 91.0
132 Sarcoidosis 90.0
133 Osteoarthritis 90.0
134 Chronic Cholecystitis 90.0
135 Acalculous Cholecystitis 90.0
136 Crohn Disease 89.0
137 Churg-Strauss Syndrome 89.0
138 Psychogenic polydipsia 89.0
139 Ulcerative Colitis 88.0
140 Blepharitis 88.0
141 Esophagitis 87.0
142 End Stage Renal Disease 87.0
143 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 87.0
144 Graves ophthalmopathy 86.0
145 Diabetic Kidney Disease 86.0
146 Giardiasis 86.0
147 Short bowel syndrome 85.0
148 Osteoporosis 85.0
149 Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction 85.0
150 Transient ischemic attack 84.0
151 Colorectal cancer 84.0
152 Diverticulitis 84.0
153 Insomnia in adults 83.0
154 Diabetic Ketoacidosis 82.0
155 Leiomyomas 82.0
156 Tinea versicolor 82.0
157 Eosinophilic gastroenteritis 81.0
158 Gastroesophageal reflux disease 80.0
159 Systemic sclerosis 80.0
160 Mitral Stenosis 79.0
161 Acute peritonitis 79.0
162 Sigmoid volvulus 79.0
163 Chronic Kidney Diseases 78.0
164 Secondary hypogonadism 78.0
165 Acetaminophen overdose 77.0
166 Acute bacterial meningitis in children 77.0
167 Primary Myelofibrosis 76.0
168 Travelers diarrhea 76.0
169 Migraine headache in adults 75.0
170 Cholangiocarcinoma 75.0
171 Goiter 74.0
172 Diffuse nontoxic goiter 74.0
173 Toxic multinodular goiter 74.0
174 Cervical goiter 74.0
175 Obstructive cervical goiters 72.0
176 Multiple Myeloma 72.0
177 Hypoparathyroidism 72.0
178 Chronic Mitral regurgitation 72.0
179 Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome 71.0
180 Bacterial pharyngitis 71.0
181 Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome 71.0
182 Tinnitus 71.0
183 ST-elevation myocardial infarction 71.0
184 Asthma 70.0
185 Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes 70.0
186 Renal and perinephric abscess 70.0
187 Pulmonary Embolism 70.0
188 Acute otitis media 69.0
189 Extraintestinal Entamoeba histolytica amebiasis 68.0
190 Acute Cholecystitis 68.0
191 Acute Appendicitis 68.0
192 Acute perforated appendicitis 68.0
193 Ectopic Pregnancy 68.0
194 Panic disorder in adults 68.0
195 Aortic coarctation 67.0
196 Common cutaneous drug reactions 66.0
197 Peptic Ulcer 66.0
198 Tuberculous Peritonitis 65.0
199 Amyloidosis 64.0
200 Phenylketonuria 64.0
201 Gastroenteritis 64.0
202 Systemic vasculitis 63.0
203 Infertility in women 63.0
204 Sexual abuse and assault 63.0
205 Primary hypogonadism 63.0
206 Hereditary hemochromatosis 62.0
207 Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A 62.0
208 Hepatocellular carcinoma 62.0
209 Gestational diabetes mellitus 62.0
210 Chronic heart failure 61.0
211 Balanitis 61.0
212 Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome 61.0
213 Aortic Dissection 60.0
214 Kawasaki disease 60.0
215 Hyperglycemia 60.0
216 Gout 60.0
217 Renal vein thrombosis 60.0
218 Chronic Renal vein thrombosis 60.0
219 Acute Renal vein thrombosis 60.0
220 Autoimmune hemolytic anemia 60.0
221 Pharyngitis 60.0
222 STI HIV Pharyngitis 60.0
223 Herpes pharyngitis 60.0
224 Chronic atrial fibrillation 58.0
225 Diabetes Mellitus 58.0
226 posteriorischemic optic neuropathy 58.0
227 Ischemic optic neuropathy 58.0
228 anterior ischemic optic neuropathy 58.0
229 Guillain-Barre syndrome 57.0
230 Cryptococcosis 57.0
231 Abetalipoproteinemia 57.0
232 Viral Gastroenteritis 56.0
233 Prinzmetal angina 56.0
234 Hereditary Angioedema 55.0
235 cholestatic liver disease 54.0
236 Viral pharyngitis 54.0
237 Amebiasis 53.0
238 Acute Cystitis(Men) 53.0
239 Gastric Outlet Obstruction 52.0
240 Pheochromocytoma 52.0
241 Achalasia 51.0
242 Peyronie Disease 51.0
243 Anthrax 50.0
244 Hypertriglyceridemia 50.0
245 Myasthenia Gravis 50.0
246 Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis 50.0
247 Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica amebiasis 50.0
248 Discogenic low back pain 50.0
249 Autoimmune Pancreatitis 50.0
250 Alcoholic Liver Disease 49.0
251 Drowning 49.0
252 Central diabetes insipidus 48.0
253 Immune thrombocytopenia 48.0
254 Cholera 48.0
255 Pseudohypoparathyroidism 47.0
256 Croup 47.0
257 Milk-alkali syndrome 47.0
258 Acute Milk-alkali syndrome 47.0
259 Chronic Milk-alkali syndrome 47.0
260 Rumination Syndrome 47.0
261 Meniere disease 47.0
262 Secondary hyperparathyroidism 46.0
263 Pneumonia 46.0
264 Varicose veins 46.0
265 Painless thyroiditis 45.0
266 Disseminated intravascular coagulation 45.0
267 Ruptured Tuboovarian abscess 45.0
268 Insect bites and stings 45.0
269 Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis 44.0
270 Acute Myeloid Leukemia in children 44.0
271 Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in Adults 43.0
272 Gilbert syndrome 43.0
273 Acute Rhinosinusitis 43.0
274 Acute viral rhinosinusitis 43.0
275 Familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome 43.0
276 Acne vulgaris 43.0
277 Acne fulminans 43.0
278 Acne conglobata 43.0
279 Gram-negative folliculitis 43.0
280 Excoriated acne 43.0
281 Temporomandibular joint syndrome 43.0
282 Chronic Clonorchiasis 42.0
283 Musculoskeletal lower back pain 42.0
284 Acute atrial fibrillation 42.0
285 Herpes zoster 41.0
286 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 41.0
287 Acute Mitral regurgitation 41.0
288 Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia in children 40.0
289 Paraphimosis 40.0
290 Dubin-Johnson syndrome 40.0
291 Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis 39.0
292 chronic cholestatic liver disease 39.0
293 Ascites 38.0
294 Non-small cell lung cancer 38.0
295 Endometriosis 38.0
296 Hyperprolactinemia 38.0
297 Stable ischemic heart disease 38.0
298 Analgesic nephropathy 37.0
299 Ovarian Torsion 36.0
300 Toxic thyroid adenoma 36.0
301 Adrenal Suppression 36.0
302 Salmonella infection 36.0
303 Aortic stenosis 36.0
304 Gastritis 35.0
305 Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B 34.0
306 Common cold(children) 34.0
307 Meckel diverticulum 34.0
308 Common cold(adults) 33.0
309 Non-cholera Vibrio infections 33.0
310 Glomerulonephritis 33.0
311 Open Angle Glaucoma 33.0
312 Candidiasis 33.0
313 Alcoholic Fatty Liver 32.0
314 Penis Carcinoma 32.0
315 Primary ciliary dyskinesia 32.0
316 Kartagener syndrome 32.0
317 Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 31.0
318 Ankylosing spondylitis 31.0
319 Emphysematous cholecystitis 31.0
320 Gallbladder cancer 31.0
321 Anaplastic thyroid cancer 30.0
322 Bruxism 30.0
323 Cystic Fibrosis 30.0
324 Osteomyelitis 30.0
325 Henoch-Schonlein purpura 30.0
326 Rotor syndrome 29.0
327 Rosacea 29.0
328 Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease 29.0
329 Abdominal compartment syndrome 29.0
330 Stable angina 28.0
331 Foodborne E coli infection 28.0
332 Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy 28.0
333 Peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis 28.0
334 Medullary thyroid cancer 27.0
335 Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus 27.0
336 Peroneal Neuropathy 27.0
337 Inguinal hernia 26.0
338 Typhoid infection 26.0
339 Acute Myeloid Leukemia in adults 26.0
340 chronic acalculous cholecystitis 26.0
341 Malt lymphoma 26.0
342 Hepatorenal Syndrome 25.0
343 Testicular cancer 24.0
344 Substernal goiter 24.0
345 Acute Clonorchiasis 24.0
346 Gastroparesis 24.0
347 Food poisoning 23.0
348 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia 22.0
349 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis 21.0
350 Amebic Liver Abscess 21.0
351 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 21.0
352 Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage 21.0
353 Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage 21.0
354 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 20.0
355 Paraneoplastic Syndromes 20.0
356 Abnormal uterine bleeding 20.0
357 Nasal polyps 20.0
358 Pancreatic Pseudocyst 20.0
359 Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction 20.0
360 Prolactinoma 20.0
361 Intestinal Obstruction 19.0
362 Ramsay Hunt syndrome 19.0
363 Sunburn 18.0
364 Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis 18.0
365 Intraperitoneal bleeding 18.0
366 Endometrial cancer 17.0
367 Mirizzi Syndrome 17.0
368 Cholestasis 17.0
369 Intrahepatic Cholestasis 17.0
370 Breast Cancer 17.0
371 Acute cervical spine trauma 16.0
372 Bed bugs 15.0
373 Gastric cancer 15.0
374 Anemia of chronic disease 15.0
375 Periorbital and orbital cellulitis 14.0
376 Renal Cell Carcinoma 14.0
377 Annular pancreas 14.0
378 Epiploic appendagitis 14.0
379 Intra-abdominal abscess 14.0
380 Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency 14.0
381 Tetanus 13.0
382 Gallstones 13.0
383 Thyroid lymphoma 12.0
384 Hemorrhoids 12.0
385 Ichthyosis 12.0
386 Chronic pyelonephritis 11.0
387 Ovarian and fallopian tube torsion 11.0
388 Acute Bronchitis 10.0
389 Clonorchiasis 10.0
390 Mallory-Weiss syndrome 9.0
391 Umbilical hernia 9.0
392 Lung Cancer 8.0
393 Extrahepatic Cholestasis 8.0
394 Acute Hepatitis 7.0
395 Alopecia areata 6.0
396 Premature labor 6.0
397 Chlamydia pneumoniae infection 5.0
398 Animal bites 5.0
399 Liver Abscess 5.0
400 Hypogammaglobulinemia 5.0
401 Osteomalacia 4.0
402 Splenic Rupture 4.0
403 Intestinal malrotation 4.0
404 Clostridium difficile infection 3.0
405 Bell palsy 0.0
406 Labyrinthitis 0.0
407 Myoclonus 0.0
408 Chalazion 0.0