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Feigning Acute Intermittent Porphyria [PDF]

Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2014
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect in heme synthesis. Patients with this illness can have episodic life-threatening attacks characterized by abdominal pain, neurological deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. Feigning
Rania Elkhatib, Modupe Idowu, Gregory S. Brown, Yasmeen M. Jaber, Matthew B. Reid, Cheryl Person   +5 more
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Successful Pregnancy After Combined Liver and Renal Transplantation in a Patient With Acute Intermittent Porphyria [PDF]

Case Reports in Transplantation
Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare inborn disease of porphyrin metabolism which can cause severe abdominal pain attacks and neurological symptoms. Here, we report a patient with a 20-year history of severe chronic manifestations of acute intermittent
Petro E. Petrides, Joachim Andrassy, Markus Guba, Manfred Stangl, Olivia Bronisch, Maria K. Beykirch   +5 more
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Porphyric encephalopathy in a 15-year-old girl: A case report [PDF]

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
A 15-year-old girl presented with new onset tonic-clonic seizures, encephalopathy, abdominal pain, and hypertension with a history of weight loss and emesis.
Saihari S Dukkipati, Jordan Terschluse, Drew Thodeson, Angela Beavers, Melissa Muff-Luett, Claire Ives, Sookyong Koh   +6 more
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Unmasked acute intermittent porphyria in a patient with COVID-19-associated posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome [PDF]

BMC Neurology
Background Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare but treatable disease. COVID-19 has various possible complications including posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).
Hideo Handa, Hiroki Masuda, Satoki Hanayama, Amika Kajiyama, Sawako Suzuki, Atsuhiko Sugiyama, Koutaro Yokote, Satoshi Kuwabara   +7 more
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Reversible Cerebral Vasospasm in Acute Intermittent Porphyria: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
The porphyrias are rare inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis which can involve the nervous system. The most common neurological manifestations of acute intermittent porphyria are autonomic visceral neuropathy, peripheral motor neuropathy, and central ...
Attout Hassene, Stephane Guez
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Acute intermittent porphyria

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2015
17-year-old female, came with complaints of abdominal pain, vomitings, hypertension. Three days before admission she developed severe abdominal pain, backache and generalised body pains with extreme weakness. These symptoms worsened over 3 days, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and emotional instability [1]. Her medical history is notable for 6 similar
Syal, Kartik, Bhatt, Rashmi, Singh, Surinder, Ohri, Anil   +3 more
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Acute intermittent porphyria [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1967
These discussions are selected from the weekly staff conferences in the Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. Taken from transcriptions, they are prepared by Drs. Martin J. Cline and Hibbard E. Williams, Assistant Professors of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Lloyd H.
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Acute intermittent porphyria exacerbation following in vitro fertilization treatment

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016
Objectives: Assisted reproductive technology is commonly used for women with infertility. We report a case of acute intermittent porphyria associated with in vitro fertilization treatment.
Geok Huey New, Pei-Yang Hsu, Meng-Hsing Wu   +2 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria in Childhood Presenting with Hypertensive Emergency and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2016
Acute intermittent porphyria is an inherited metabolic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase that can affect the autonomic, peripheral and central nervous system.
Rishab Bharadwaj, Pallavi P Dagli, Aasheeta S Shah   +2 more
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Porphyria: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Prompt diagnosis of metabolic disorders in a resource-limited country like Nepal is daunting. Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare but common hepatic porphyria mostly seen in females of the reproductive age group.
Sujata Baidya, Pratibha Kandel, Smrity Rajkarnikar, Anuradha Kadel, Apeksha Niraula, Raju Kumar Dubey, Machhindra Lamichhane, Mithileshwer Raut, Aseem Bhattarai, Eans Tara Tuladhar, Vijay Kumar Sharma   +10 more
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