Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-5-6

Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|May 2005

Abstract

An 18-year-old female presenting with seizures, myalgias, abdominal pain, headache and vomiting had multiple large contrast-enhancing white matter lesions on MRI and was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), in a report from the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

References

Maramattom BV Zaldivar RA Glynn SM Eggers SD Wijdicks EF Acute intermittent porphyria presenting as a diffuse encephalopathy Ann Neurol 2005 Apr 57 4 581 584 10.1002/ana.20432 15786449
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-5-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 37 - 37

Published on: May 1, 2005

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Acute Intermittent Porphyria,

Dysautonomia,

Tachycardia

© 2005 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 19 (2005): Issue 5