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The Kaiser Fleischer Ring in the Eye
Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive inherited dysfunction of a copper transporter called ATP7B. Kaiser Fleischer rings are dark circles at the periphery of the cornea in patients with Wilson disease. They usually require a slit lamp to be seen, and so until they're kind of more advanced it makes sense that I would wonder if it was present.