["Double porphyrias" (a review of the literature and case report)].

Abstract

The authors review literature data on porphyrias with combining enzymopathies in heme biosynthesis system, report a case of porphyria cutanea tarda and porphyria variegata registered simultaneously in a male patient clinically and confirmed biochemically. The patient's mother had elevated levels of fecal protoporphyrin suggesting latent porphyria variegata. Biochemical criteria of double porphyrias are discussed.

• Authors: B N Krivosheev, I L Lukina, L I Kovalenko, A B Krivosheev
• Journal: Terapevticheskii arkhiv (Ter Arkh) Vol. 65 Issue 7 Pg. 54-8 ( 1993) ISSN: 0040-3660 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: O "dvoĭnykh porfiriiakh" (obzor literatury i opisanie sobstvennogo nabliudeniia).
• PMID: 8105550 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Adult
• Chronic Disease
• Gastritis, Atrophic (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Hepatitis, Alcoholic (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Hepatitis, Chronic (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Porphyrias, Hepatic (complications, diagnosis, pathology)