Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8695983 | Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Porphyrias are a group of eight low prevalence disorders of heme metabolism, each characterized by a defect in an enzyme required for the synthesis of heme. Acute intermittent porphyria, affecting 1.5 per 100.000 people per year manifesting with abdominal pain, tachycardia, paresthesia, constipation and vomiting, is one type of porphyria. Porphyric neuropathy is fundamentally motor, symmetrical and often has a proximal predilection. A case is presented in a female patient in whom acute intermittent porphyria was documented. Her symptoms included peripheral neuropathy, abdominal pain and elevation of transaminases. Her symptoms resolved after receiving treatment.
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Authors
Sergio Latorre, Jorge Castro, Fernando Mendoza,