Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Presenting as Erythema-multiforme Like Lesions
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2019 Porphyria cutaneatarda, is the most common type of porphyria.It is characterized by defective uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase enzyme.It presents with erosion, bulla with milia formation and sometimes with hypertrichosis and abnormal pigmentation ...
Niraj Parajuli +2 more
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HAART: a risk factor for development of porphyria cutanea tarda?
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by inherited or acquired partial deficiency of the uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase (Uro-D) enzyme activity. It is the most common form of porphyria.
Fred Bernardes Filho +7 more
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Porfiria cutânea tardia Porphyria cutanea tarda [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2006 Trata-se de revisão sobre a porfiria cutânea tardia em que são abordados a fisiopatogenia, as características clínicas, as doenças associadas, os fatores desencadeantes, a bioquímica, a histopatologia, a microscopia eletrônica, a microscopia de ...
Fátima Mendonça Jorge Vieira +1 more
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Porphyria cutanea tarda: A novel mutation [PDF]
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, 2016 A 5 year old child with waxing and waning vesicobullous lesions on exposed parts since two years. Blood porphyrin levels were increased and Woods lamp revealed erythrodontia. DNA analysis showed the child was homozygous and both parents were heterozygous
Rajesh Patil +5 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus associated sporadic nonfamilial porphyria cutanea tarda
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2016 Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), a relatively uncommon metabolic disease, is the most common cutaneous porphyria. Here, we present the case of a patient diagnosed with sporadic, nonfamilial PCT that presented with classical cutaneous findings and multiple ...
Sibashish Kamal Guha +3 more
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The diagnosis and management of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
South African Family Practice, 2009 The porphyrias are a group of disorders in which excessive quantities of porphyrins or their precursors are produced. They are due to abnormalities in the control of the porphyrin-haem metabolic pathway.
Mojakgomo H. Motswaledi
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Presenting with Scleroderma, Ichthyosis, Alopecia, and Vitiligo [PDF]
Case Reports in Dermatology, 2018 Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a cutaneous porphyria that presents later in life with cutaneous findings in sun-exposed sites. We report a complex case of PCT in a 67-year-old woman with an unusual constellation of cutaneous findings: scleroderma ...
Megan E. MacGillivray +1 more
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Estudi de les mutacions dels exons 2 i 4 del gen HFE en pacients amb porfiria cutània tarda esporàdica [PDF]
, 2006 [cat] La Porfíria Cutània Tarda (PCT) és una malaltia metabòlica que afecta a la pell i al fetge i que és desencadenada per la interacció de múltiples factors que inclouen l´herència, l´alcohol, el VHC, els estrògens i alguns agents tòxics, entre d ...
Toll Abelló, Agustí
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda with Constrictive Pericarditis: A Rare Association [PDF]
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2012 Porphyria cutanea tarda(PCT) is characterised by photosensitivity and bulla formation on photoexposed parts which heals with scaring and pigmentation.
Kaur Jasleen +3 more
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Precipitating factors of porphyria cutanea tarda in Brazil with emphasis on hemochromatosis gene (HFE) mutations. Study of 60 patients [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013 BACKGROUND: Porphyria cutanea tarda is the most common form of porphyria, characterized by the decreased activity of the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase enzyme.
Fatima Mendonca Jorge Vieira +4 more
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