Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Kayser-Fleischer Ring in a Patient with Wilson's Disease

Albert W. Biglan, M.D., and Sharon L. Taylor, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1993; 328:1820June 24, 1993

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Figure 1 Kayser-Fleischer Ring in a Patient with Wilson's Disease.

Slit-lamp photography shows a dense deposit of copper in Descemet's membrane (a Kayser-Fleischer ring) in a 17-year-old girl with Wilson's disease (Panel A). After eight years of therapy with dimercaprol and penicillamine, the Kayser-Fleischer ring had completely resolved (Panel B). The left eye is shown; the right eye had a similar appearance. (The other line is formed by the beam of the slit lamp).

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Albert W. Biglan, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Sharon L. Taylor, M.D.
St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15201