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Laboratory evaluation revealed low copper indices without evidence of Wilson disease, neuroimaging demonstrated evolving posterior-predominant abnormalities, and liver biopsy showed acute hepatitis with microvesicular change and \u2018two-toned\u2019 hepatocytes. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identified compound-heterozygous\n                    <jats:italic>POLG<\/jats:italic>\n                    variants c.1399G&gt;A\u2009p.(Ala467Thr) and c.2243G&gt;C\u2009p.(Trp748Ser), confirming a juvenile\/adult-onset\n                    <jats:italic>POLG<\/jats:italic>\n                    -related disorder. This case highlights key diagnostic pitfalls, including potential misdirection of copper studies and risk of valproate hepatotoxicity in patients with unrecognised\n                    <jats:italic>POLG<\/jats:italic>\n                    variants. Supportive clues like occipital-predominant electroencephalogram\/MRI changes, rapid neurologic-hepatic progression and hepatic microvesicular pathology can aid early suspicion but are not universally present. 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