Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature

Abstract Acute intermittent porphyria is an autosomal dominant inborn error characterized by decreased activity of porphobilinogen deaminase leading to increased levels of haem precursors, namely aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinical radi...

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Main Authors: Mohamed A. Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Abdallah Almaghraby
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2020-05-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1097/EJ9.0000000000000007
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description Abstract Acute intermittent porphyria is an autosomal dominant inborn error characterized by decreased activity of porphobilinogen deaminase leading to increased levels of haem precursors, namely aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinical radiographic syndrome of heterogeneous etiologies characterized by headache, seizures, altered consciousness, and visual disorder associated with potentially reversible neuroradiological abnormalities predominantly in the parieto-occipital lobes. There are few previous reports of acute intermittent porphyria associated with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, which are thought to result from peaks in hypertension.
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spelling doaj-art-eaf23600a87c4b299d143460488bba782025-08-20T02:16:54ZengSpringerEgyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine2090-73032090-92092020-05-01711310.1097/EJ9.0000000000000007Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The LiteratureMohamed A. Ahmed0Mahmoud Abdelnabi1Abdallah Almaghraby2Critical Care Department, King’s College Hospital, London, UKDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Internal Medicine, Medical Research Institute, University of AlexandriaDepartment of Cardiology, University of AlexandriaAbstract Acute intermittent porphyria is an autosomal dominant inborn error characterized by decreased activity of porphobilinogen deaminase leading to increased levels of haem precursors, namely aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinical radiographic syndrome of heterogeneous etiologies characterized by headache, seizures, altered consciousness, and visual disorder associated with potentially reversible neuroradiological abnormalities predominantly in the parieto-occipital lobes. There are few previous reports of acute intermittent porphyria associated with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, which are thought to result from peaks in hypertension.https://doi.org/10.1097/EJ9.0000000000000007acute intermittent porphyriahypertensive emergencyposterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
spellingShingle Mohamed A. Ahmed
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature
Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
acute intermittent porphyria
hypertensive emergency
posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
title Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature
title_full Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature
title_fullStr Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature
title_full_unstemmed Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature
title_short Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature
title_sort acute intermittent porphyria posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and hypertensive emergency a review of the literature
topic acute intermittent porphyria
hypertensive emergency
posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
url https://doi.org/10.1097/EJ9.0000000000000007
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