A Case of Acute Intermittent Porphyria: A case report.
10.12701/yujm.1989.6.1.205
- Author:
Chang Heon YANG
;
Moon Kwan CHUNG
;
Hyun Woo LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Cerebral Infarction;
Female;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Polyneuropathies;
Porphyria, Acute Intermittent*;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
Seizures
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
1989;6(1):205-211
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of acute intermittent porphyria presenting with variable symptoms and signs such as hypertension, polyneuropathy, syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone and cerebral infarction. A 47 year-old female patient entered hospital with abdominal pain followed by generalized seizure. She was diagnosed to have acute intermittent porphyria in consequence of Watson-Schwartz test and δ-ALA in 24 hours urine. She was managed with conservative treatment but died of respiratory failure.
