Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy

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.

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Main Author: J Gordon Millichap
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Language:English
Published: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers 2005-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.pediatricneurologybriefs.com/articles/1284
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dysautonomia
tachycardia
title Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy
title_full Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy
title_fullStr Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy
title_full_unstemmed Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy
title_short Porphyria Presenting as Diffuse Encephalopathy
title_sort porphyria presenting as diffuse encephalopathy
topic acute intermittent porphyria
dysautonomia
tachycardia
url https://www.pediatricneurologybriefs.com/articles/1284
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