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Pseudo-porphyria in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Source :
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The American journal of medicine [Am J Med] 1984 Mar; Vol. 76 (3), pp. 545-8. - Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- An elderly woman was found to have hepatocellular carcinoma and, incidental to this, markedly elevated levels of porphobilinogen in urine and serum. The delta-aminolevulinic acid levels in urine and serum were normal, but there was a distinct increase of porphyrins in urine and feces. Neither the patient nor her family gave a history suggestive of a clinical porphyria. The patient died from the carcinoma without ever exhibiting porphyric symptoms. It is assumed that the hepatocellular carcinoma produced the excessive amounts of porphobilinogen.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-9343
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6199973
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(84)90678-8