Liver tissue copper content is estimated to assist with the diagnosis of Wilson disease. Liver copper is increased in Wilson’s disease but this is not a specific finding. Liver copper may also be increased in cholestatic liver diseases e.g. primary biliary cirrhosis.
Tube
Please see sample collection protocol.
ID
29936
Availability
Weekdays. Contact laboratory if urgent analysis is required.
Additional Information
Results must be interpreted in view of the histology report. The tissue copper estimation may be misleading if the biopsy specimen is obtained from an unrepresentative or heavily fibrosed part of the liver.
Turn Around
7 days. Assay takes 3 days to complete.
Send to
Specialist Laboratory Medicine
Block 46
St James’s University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Contact
For further details please contact Leeds Pathology customer services: [email protected].
Collection Con
Please see the Web Page: Toxicology, Trace Metals and Metabolic Biochemistry for the Collection Protocol.
Sample REQ
Unfixed needle biopsy or unfixed tissue. Formalin fixed tissue cannot be tested.
Units
ug/g dry weight