ACUTE PORPHYRIA WITH IMPROVEMENT DURING AND FOLLOWING PREGNANCY
Authors: A FREEDMAN, J D YEAGLEY, J B BROOKS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 April 1952ACUTE PORPHYRIA WITH IMPROVEMENT DURING AND FOLLOWING PREGNANCYARTHUR FREEDMAN, M.D., JOHN D. YEAGLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., JEAN BAILEY BROOKS, M.D.ARTHUR FREEDMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN D. YEAGLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JEAN BAILEY BROOKS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-4-1111 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute porphyria is a disease characterized by one or more of the following symptoms: intense abdominal pain, diffuse muscular aching, peripheral neuropathy, psychic disturbances and discoloration of the urine ranging from pink to purple. It differs from congenital porphyria in that the acute type frequently affects adult women, whereas the congenital type affects young boys preponderantly. Moreover, in congenital porphyria, vesicular skin lesions aggravated by exposure to ultraviolet radiation are characteristic, while the acute type has no skin manifestations whatever. Both are thought to be inheritable diseases, although the literature is not altogether convincing on this point. In both types...Bibliography1. WatsonSchwartz CJS: A simple test for urinary porphobilinogen, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 47: 393, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LinasSolomanFigge SMLFH: Chronic porphyria complicated by pregnancy, J. A. M. A. 133: 105, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Coleman RR: Acute porphyria, J. South Carolina M. A. 44: 117, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 28, 1950.From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Obstetrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTreatment with assisted reproduction technologies in women with acute hepatic porphyriaLECTURE I: THE PORPHYRINOPATHIESGUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRINURIA*RICHARD F. PINO, M.D.Porfiria aguda y embarazoA REVIEW OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANCY AND PORPHYRIA AND PRESENTATION OF A CASE*SHERWOOD VINE, M.D., HORACE M. SHAFFER, M.D., GORDON PAULEY, M.D., ELLIOTT J. MARGOLIS, M.D.Progesterone-induced porphyriaACUTE PORPHYRIA IN PREGNANCYOBSERVATIONS ON A CASE OF MIXED PORPHYRIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT*ALBERT L. FREEDMAN, M.D.ACUTE IDIOPATHIC PORPHYRIA COMPLICATING PREGNANCYAcute Intermittent Porphyria Complicated by Pregnancy **Presented at a meeting of the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1953.ACUTE PORPHYRIA: A CASE REPORT*GEORGE W. MELLINGER, M.D., CLARENCE C. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 April 1952Volume 36, Issue 4Page: 1111-1120KeywordsAbdominal painHospital medicineLesionsMuscular diseasesObstetrics and gynecologyPeripheral neuropathyPorphyriaPregnancyUrineYoung adults ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...