Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Expanding our differential diagnosis

Authors

  • Carlos Geraldo Fernández-Narváez Hospital Regional Lambayeque, Chiclayo, Lambayeque
  • Franco León-Jiménez Universidad Señor de Sipán
  • Halbert Christian Sánchez-Carrillo Hospital Regional Lambayeque, Chiclayo, Lambayeque

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v32i4.497

Keywords:

Porphyria, intermittent acute porphyria, abdominal pain

Abstract

 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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Published

2020-02-09

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 4 (2019)

Section

Case report

How to Cite

Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Expanding our differential diagnosis. (2020). Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 32(4), 152-155. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v32i4.497