A REVIEW OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANCY AND PORPHYRIA AND PRESENTATION OF A CASE
Authors: S VINE, H M SHAFFER, G PAULEY, E J MARGOLIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 October 1957A REVIEW OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANCY AND PORPHYRIA AND PRESENTATION OF A CASESHERWOOD VINE, M.D., HORACE M. SHAFFER, M.D., GORDON PAULEY, M.D., ELLIOTT J. MARGOLIS, M.D.SHERWOOD VINE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HORACE M. SHAFFER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GORDON PAULEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELLIOTT J. MARGOLIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-4-834 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere have been a number of scattered reports of pregnancy in porphyric women and the various problems which attend this condition. To our knowledge, there has been no review of these experiences which would serve as a touchstone to others who encounter such gestation.Porphyria is more commonly thought of and detected today in clinical medicine. Complicating circumstances such as pregnancy will be seen more frequently. Problems arise in its management which cannot be solved solely on a physiologic basis, since the nature of the interplay between the fetal and maternal factors is unknown. Although the intricacies of porphyrin metabolism...Bibliography1. KehoeNewmanChandler ELSBF: Acute porphyria, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 4: 1119-1127 (Aug.) 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Nesbitt S: Acute porphyria, J. A. M. A. 124: 286-294 (Jan. 29) 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Dean G: Porphyria, Brit. M. J. 2: 1291-1294 (Dec. 12) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Grubschmidt HA: A case of acute porphyria: remissions induced with procaine intravenously, California Med. 72: 243-245 (Apr.) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. LinasSolomonFigge SMLFH: Chronic porphyria complicated by pregnancy, J. A. M. A. 133: 105-107 (Jan. 11) 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Coleman RR: Acute porphyria, J. South Carolina M. A. 44: 117-121 (Apr.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. LittlePalmer NH: Acute porphyria, New Zealand M. J. 47: 461-471 (Oct.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. ReidenbergFarber LHI: Acute intermittent porphyria complicated by pregnancy, Am. J. Obst. and Gynec. 69: 879-881 (Apr.) 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Markovitz M: Acute intermittent porphyria: a report of five cases and a review of the literature, Ann. Int. Med. 41: 1170-1186 (Dec.) 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar10. O'Dwyer JP: Acute idiopathic porphyria complicating pregnancy, J. Obst. and Gynaec. Brit. Emp. 62: 437-440 (June) 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. FreedmanYeagleyBrooks AJDJB: Acute porphyria with improvement during and following pregnancy, Ann. Int. Med. 36: 1111 (Apr.) 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar12. Rawlings EE: Porphyria and pregnancy, Brit. M. J. 1: 549-550 (Mar. 4) 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Levittown, Pennsylvania*Received for publication May 9, 1956.From the Lower Bucks County Hospital, Bristol, Pennsylvania.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Sherwood Vine, M.D., 49 Pinewood Drive, Levittown, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTreatment with assisted reproduction technologies in women with acute hepatic porphyriaPeripheral Neuropathy in PregnancyNeurological disorders and pregnancyWill elevated levels of lead exposure precipitate clinical symptoms of porphyria in individuals with the latent condition?Hereditary Hepatic Porphyrias in FinlandACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA AND PREGNANCYTransplacentally acquired erythrodontiaKlinische und pathologisch-anatomische Kennzeichen der akuten intermittierenden PorphyrieLECTURE I: THE PORPHYRINOPATHIESPSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF ACUTE PORPHYRIARETICULOCYTOSIS INDUCED BY β-METHYL ASPARTATEACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA 1 October 1957Volume 47, Issue 4Page: 834-840KeywordsPorphyriaPorphyrinsPregnancy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...