Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Expanding our differential diagnosis
A 24 year-old woman with a history of severe and recurrent abdominal pain, neuropsychiatric manifestations and who developed rapid and progressive quadriparesia. Having ruled out other entities, the values of porfobilinogen and uroporphyrins in urine were elevated. She was treated with 10%...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Perú |
| Recursos: | Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna |
| Repositorio: | Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:medicinainterna.net.pe:article/497 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistamedicinainterna.net/index.php/spmi/article/view/497 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Porfiria Aguda porfiria aguda intermitente dolor abdominal Porphyria intermittent acute porphyria abdominal pain |
| Resumo: | A 24 year-old woman with a history of severe and recurrent abdominal pain, neuropsychiatric manifestations and who developed rapid and progressive quadriparesia. Having ruled out other entities, the values of porfobilinogen and uroporphyrins in urine were elevated. She was treated with 10% dextrose solutions and complications management. |
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