A Case of Porphyria with reversible MRI findings.
- Author:
Suk Yun KANG
1
;
Hyeo Il MA
;
Kyu Hwan KWAK
;
San Ahm LEE
Author Information
1. Dept. of Neurology, Ulsan University, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biosynthetic Pathways;
Female;
Hallucinations;
Heme;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Porphyrias*;
Seizures
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1998;16(2):241-244
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The porphyrias are inherited or acquired disorders of specific enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Porphyrias have diverse neurologic manifestations with unknown mechanism. Some authors have proposed ischemic vasculopathy as a cause of neurologic deficits, which was supported by reversible MRI lesions in porphyrias. We report a rare case with reversible MRI findings in porphyria. A 27-year-old woman was presented with seizures and hallucinations. MRI revealed multiple lesions of both hemispheres. After treatment, MRI lesions showed marked resolution of signal abnormalities.
