Acute Intermittent Porphyria Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Depression

A depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms. Erosion-related: Blowout: a depression created by wind erosion typically in either a partially vegetated sand dune ecosystem or dry soils (such as a post-glacial loess environment). Glacial[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

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Sunburn

Sunburns are readily noticeable by their visible signs. These signs include erythema which usually occurs within two to six hours after overexposure. The pain is often so intense that even a thin layer of clothing touching the skin can cause pain. It may also seem like the skin is stiff and can make moving painful or[…] [symptoma.com]

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Anxiety Disorder

This review focuses on three HMD categories: acute, treatable HMDs (urea cycle abnormalities, remethylation disorders, acute intermittent porphyria); chronic, treatable HMDs [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

View Article Google Scholar Kumar B: Acute intermittent porphyria presenting solely with psychosis: a case report and discussion. [dx.doi.org]

Varied psychiatric manifestations of acute intermittent porphyria. Biol. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Peripheral Neuropathy

Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is characterized clinically by central nervous system dysfunctions. It is unclear whether CADASIL is involved in peripheral neuropathy. A 67-year-old Japanese man with stepwise progression of sensory and motor[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Mental Disorder

View Article Google Scholar Kumar B: Acute intermittent porphyria presenting solely with psychosis: a case report and discussion. [dx.doi.org]

"Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)". American Porphyria Foundation. 18 February 2009. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Acute Pancreatitis

acute intermittent porphyria and erythropoietic protoporphyria. [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] fold higher risk.[23] Less common causes include pancreatic cancer, pancreatic duct stones,[24] vasculitis (inflammation of the small blood vessels in the pancreas), and porphyria—particularly [en.wikipedia.org]

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in acute intermittent porphyria: a 15-year follow-up in northern Sweden. J Intern Med. 2011;269:538-45. 17. Mitchell EL, Khan Z. [hepatitisc.uw.edu]

Acute and chronic hepatic porphyrias (acute intermittent porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda, hereditary coproporphyria, variegate porphyria) and tyrosinemia type I are risk [en.wikipedia.org]

intermittent porphyria. [ 10, 16, 17 ] Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed with HCC The overall prognosis for patients diagnosed with HCC in the United States has improved some [hepatitisc.uw.edu]

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Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Acute intermittent porphyria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute intermittent porphyria Other names Swedish porphyria, pyrroloporphyria, intermittent acute porphyria Porphobilinogen Specialty Medical genetics Acute intermittent porphyria [en.wikipedia.org]

Increased fecal porphyrins in acute intermittent porphyria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Acute Peritonitis

Non-surgical disease - eg, myocardial infarction, pericarditis, pneumonia, sickle cell crisis, hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, opiate withdrawal, typhoid, acute intermittent [patient.info]

porphyria, HIV-associated lymphadenopathy or enteritis. [patient.info]

Acute urinary retention. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Testicular torsion. [patient.info]

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome

In South Africa (SA), a high incidence of variegate porphyria (VP) is seen as a result of a founder effect, but acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is also encountered. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] hypophosphataemia Prolonged use of neuromuscular junction blocking drugs Tick paralysis West Nile poliomyelitis Acute intermittent porphyria Functional paralysisMFS, BBE, [vdocuments.net]

There would be an initial presentation of neuromuscular junction disorder, acute intermittent porphyria, HIV infection, spinal cord disorders, toxic neuropathies and even [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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General Anesthesia

We report the successful management of general anesthesia for a patient with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). PMD is one of a group of progressive, degenerative disorders of the cerebral white matter. The typical clinical manifestations of PMD include psychomotor retardation, nystagmus, abnormal muscle tone,[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Porphyria

Cimetidine may have a role in the treatment of acute intermittent porphyria by inhibiting heme oxidase activity, decreasing heme consumption, and inhibiting aminolevulinic [doi.org]

What is acute intermittent porphyria? Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects the nervous system. [patientslikeme.com]

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Acute Hepatic Porphyria

There were 184 patients with acute intermittent porphyria and 61 patients with variegate porphyria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Seizures may occur in acute intermittent porphyria or other hepatic porphyrias. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

E80.1 Porphyria cutanea tarda E80.2 Other and unspecified porphyria E80.20 Unspecified porphyria E80.21 Acute intermittent (hepatic) porphyria E80.3 Defects of catalase and [icd10data.com]

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Familial Mediterranean Fever

These include: surgical emergencies (appendicitis, intussception, perforated ulcer), hereditary angioedema, acute intermittent porphyria, relapsing pancreatitis, systemic [symptoma.com]

Appendicitis, intussusception, perforated peptic ulcer Hereditary angioedema Acute intermittent porphyria Relapsing pancreatitis Systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

Differential diagnosis 1 - Surgical emergencies as appendicitis, intussusception, perforated peptic ulcer, etc. 2 - in women, gynecologic disorders. 3 - Acute intermittent [slideshare.net]

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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Lesson on Porphyria conditions: Porphyria Cutanea Tarda vs. Acute Intermittent Porphyria. [youtube.com]

Primary porphyrias (hereditary enzyme defect) Hepatic porphyrias Acute hepatic porphyrias Acute intermittent porphyria (autosomal dominant) Porphyria variegata (autosomal [amboss.com]

[…] with abdominal symptoms and sometimes with neurologic lesions—a clinical picture similar to acute intermittent porphyria combined with light sensitivity. [annals.org]

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Peripheral Motor Neuropathy

intermittent porphyria, lead poisoning, diphtheria, multifocal conduction block neuropathy Painful peripheral neuropathy “BADCAP” Diabetes mellitus Alcohol Vitamin B1 or [lifeinthefastlane.com]

Predominantly Motor Neuropathies Guillain-Barre Sydnrome and CIPD Acute intermittant porphyria Lead neuropathy Heritable motor-sensory neuropathies Motor Neuron Disease (neuronopathy [enotes.tripod.com]

intermittent porphyria Persisting nutritional deficiency Dominantly inherited sensory neuropathy CIDP Critical illness polyneuropathy Abnormal metabolic state CIDP HIV/AIDS [aafp.org]

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Paraplegia

Spinal tuberculosis leading to paraplegia is uncommon in pregnancy and is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of tubercular paraplegia presenting at 35 weeks of gestation. She was managed with Anti-tubercular drugs and did not require surgical intervention. Her neurological status improved and[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Neurological Disorder

Acute intermittent porphyria can give rise to acute psychosis, often in association with abdominal pain. [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Rasmussen Syndrome

Seven years later, acute intermittent porphyria was diagnosed as she developed an acute episode of abdominal pain, dark urine, and hyponatremia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute intermittent porphyria and epilepsy: safety of clonazepam. Epilepsia. 1992 ;33: 108 - 111. [doi.org]

and acute intermittent porphyria. [8] Diagnosis [ edit ] Brain MRI of an 8-year-old female with Rasmussen's encephalitis. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Hereditary Coproporphyria

An acute, primarily motor neuropathy can occur in several forms of porphyria, including acute intermittent porphyria, variegate porphyria, and hereditary coproporphyria, sometimes [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An association between two types of acute hepatic porphyria (porphyria variegata and acute intermittent porphyria) and hepatocellular carcinoma has previously been reported [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Variegate Porphyria

[…] attacks in 10 patients with variegate porphyria and 87 attacks in 14 patients with acute intermittent porphyria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In most cases, the clinical findings are a combination of systemic symptoms similar to those occurring in acute intermittent porphyria and cutaneous lesions indistinguishable [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Desnick, RNAi-mediated silencing of hepatic Alas1 effectively prevents and treats the induced acute attacks in acute intermittent porphyria mice, Proceedings of the National [dx.doi.org]

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Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria

(rare in acute intermittent porphyria). [emedicine.medscape.com]

Acute porphyrias include acute intermittent porphyria and ALAD deficiency porphyria. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

acute intermittent porphyria ALAD-Deficiency Porphyria erythropoietic protoporphyria hepatoerythropoietic porphyria An autosomal recessive cutaneous porphyria that is due [rgd.mcw.edu]

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Erythropoietic Coproporphyria

It later became evident that HCP could provoke acute attacks similar to those of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) and variegate porphyria (VP). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

New form of dual porphyria: coexistent acute intermittent porphyria and porphyria cutanea tarda. Eur. J. Clin. [link.springer.com]

Prenatal exclusion of congenital erythropoietic porphyria (Günther's disease) in a fetus at risk. Hum. Genet. 53 (1980) 217–221 Google Scholar Doss, M. [link.springer.com]

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Erythropoietic Porphyria

Variegate porphyria is the most frequently encountered form of porphyria in South Africa, followed by porphyria cutanea tarda and acute intermittent porphyria. [porphyria-professionals.uct.ac.za]

When symptoms occur, they can include acute attacks (similar to acute intermittent porphyria), skin damage, or both. [house.wikia.com]

How is Acute Intermittent Porphyria diagnosed? [rarediseasesnetwork.org]

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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

In the past, elevation of ANA was reported in the cases of acute intermittent porphyria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute porphyrias include acute intermittent porphyria and ALAD deficiency porphyria. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Cimetidine has been shown to inhibit heme biosynthesis and results in symptomatic improvement in patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) and porphyria cutanea tarda [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Ichthyosis Vulgaris

Acute intermittent porphyria is rare before puberty, “as various reproductive hormones play [a] dominant role in the precipitation of acute attacks,” the researchers stated [porphyrianews.com]

A rare case of acute intermittent porphyria with ichthyosis vulgaris in a young boy. [jfmpc.com]

intermittent porphyria with ichthyosis vulgaris in a young boy. ( 29915773 ) Varshney G.A....Ghure U. 2018 4 Filaggrin gene polymorphisms in Iranian ichthyosis vulgaris and [malacards.org]

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Hereditary Thyroxine-Binding Globulin Deficiency

intermittent porphyria, lymphoma, and hereditary TBG increase. [bestcarelab.com]

[…] liver disease, systemic illness ,acute intermittent porphyria, lymphocytic painless subacute thyroiditis, hereditary or idiopathic TBG excess, and medications such as methadone [perinatology.com]

Acute intermittent porphyria : Serum TBG levels may be raised in acute intermittent porphyria. [lecturio.com]

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Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion

We report an eighteen year old female, a case of acute intermittent porphyria with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, as presenting feature for its [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A low activity of the porphobilinogen deaminase enzyme confirmed the diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Nervous system disorders Acute psychosis Acute intermittent porphyria Brain abscess Cavernous sinus thrombosis Cerebellar and cerebral atrophy Cerebrovascular accident CNS [medcaretips.com]

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Prata-Libéral-Gonçalves Syndrome

[…] cutanea tarda, familial type Porphyria cutanea tarda, sporadic type Porphyria, acute intermittent Porphyria, congenital erythropoietic Porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria [mindmappedia.com]

[…] cutanea tarda, familial type Porphyria cutanea tarda, sporadic type Porphyria cutanea tarda Porphyria, acute intermittent Porphyria, Ala-D Porphyria, congenital erythropoietic [bioreference.net]

Porphyria cutanea tarda, familial type[?] Porphyria cutanea tarda, sporadic type[?] Porphyria cutanea tarda[?] Porphyria, acute intermittent[?] Porphyria, Ala-D[?] [encyclopedia.kids.net.au]

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Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller Syndrome

* Porphyria cutanea tarda, familial type * Porphyria cutanea tarda, sporadic type * Porphyria cutanea tarda * Porphyria, acute intermittent * Porphyria, Ala-D * Porphyria [en.academic.ru]

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