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A rare case of porphyria cutanea tarda in a patient with a homozygous hereditary hemochromatosis gene H63D mutation in the setting of hereditary hemochromatosis [PDF]
Jonathan Banta, MD +2 more
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Persistent Beetroot Colored Urine in a Three-Year-Old Child: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clinically manifest porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is rare in children. Of ~1400 cases diagnosed at Porphyria Center Sweden, only five were children, all with pathogenic UROD variants and HFE homozygous. Diagnosis is often delayed; in our case, beetroot‐red urine prompted suspicion despite the absence of cutaneous symptoms.
Harper P, Törnhage CJ, Sardh E.
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Urinary porphyrin excretion in hepatitis C infection [PDF]
A high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in porphyria cutanea tarda in some populations suggests a close link between viral hepatitis and alteration of porphyrin metabolism.
Jacob, Karl +2 more
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Porphyrias associated with malignant tumors: Results of treatment with ionizing irradiation [PDF]
Background: Porphyrin metabolism disorders, known as porphyria, represent inherited or acquired diseases. The development of porphyria due to light sensibility occurs especially with exposure to wavelengths in the range of 300-700 nm.
Dühmke, Eckhart +4 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus associated sporadic nonfamilial porphyria cutanea tarda
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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Acute Hepatic Porphyrias: Review and Recent Progress. [PDF]
The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are a group of four inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis that present with episodic, acute neurovisceral symptoms.
Andant +40 more
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Porphyria cutanea tarda: A novel mutation
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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Sun, alcohol, and skin lesions
A 65-year-old man presented to the emergency room with blistered not itching skin lesions on the dorsal surface of both hands, which developed recurrently after exposure to sun and solved spontaneously with scarring.
Erika Poggiali, Andrea Vercelli
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C-hepatiidi viirusega seotud ekstrahepaatilised [PDF]
C-hepatiidi viirus, põhjustades ägedat või kroonilist hepatiiti ning maksatsirroosi, võib olla patogeneetiline tegur ka mitmete teiste kliiniliste ilmingute kujunemisel.
Salupere, Riina
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