CHRONIC PORPHYRIA
Authors: A W POHL, J R ROBERTS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Case Reports1 December 1947CHRONIC PORPHYRIAARNOLD W. POHL, M.D., JOHN R. ROBERTS, M.D.ARNOLD W. POHL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN R. ROBERTS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-6-1028 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe clinical picture and criteria for the diagnosis of porphyria, congenital or acute, have been adequately discussed in the recent literature. The rarity of the disease and the failure of many physicians to be acquainted with it are factors undoubtedly causing many cases to be overlooked at the present time. We are reporting this case because of its chronicity, a point which is not emphasized in most discussions, and because of the presence of extreme pigmentation and definite neurological involvement.CASE REPORTMrs. D. B., a 44 year old white housewife, was first admitted to the Albany Hospital on February...Bibliography1. DOBRINERRHOADS KCP: The porphyrins in health and disease, Physiol. Rev., 1940, xx, 416-468. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WATSON CJ: Porphyria, South. Med. Jr., 1943, xxxvi, 359-363. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MASONCOURVILLEZISKIND VRCE: The porphyrins in human disease, Medicine, 1933, xii, 355-439. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. TURNER WJ: Studies on porphyria. III. Acute, idiopathic porphyria, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxi, 762. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. NESBITT S: Acute porphyria, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxiv, 286-294. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. WATSON CJ: The porphyrins and their relation to disease, Oxford Med., 1938, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, iv, 1-34. Google Scholar7. TURNEROBERMAYER WJMF: Studies on porphyria. II. A case of porphyria with epidermolysis bullosa, hypertrichosis and melanosis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1938, xxxvii, 549-572. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BARKERESTES LFWL: Family hematoporphyrinuria and its association with chronic fits and acute polyneuritis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1912, lviv, 818. Google Scholar9. CHANDLERHARRISONRIMINGTON FGGAC: Clinical porphyrinuria with report of a case of the acute, idiopathic type, Brit. Med. Jr., 1939, ii, 1173-1180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. NESBITTWATKINS SCH: Acute porphyria, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1942, cciii, 74-83. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. FISCHERLIBOWITZKY HHL: Auftreten von Uro-bzy. Koproporphyrin I bei akuter Porphyrie, Ztschr. f. physiol. Chem., 1936, ccxli, 220-222. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. NESBITTSNELL SAM: Excretion of coproporphyrin in hepatic disease. I. Correlation of urinary and fecal excretion with parenchymatous hepatic damage, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxix, 573-581. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. FISCHERDUESBERG HE: Über Porphyrine bei klinischer und experimenteller Porphyrie, Arch. f. exper. Path. u. Pharmakol., 1932, clxvi, 95-100. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. TAYLORSOLOMONWEILANDFIGGE IJMLGSFH: Chronic porphyria, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 26-29. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Albany, N. Y.*Received for publication May 21, 1946.From the Department of Medicine, Albany Hospital, Albany, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie angeborenen Stoffwechselanomalien des MenschenPORPHYRIA: CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS AND A FAMILY VIGNETTE*GEORGE L. CALVY, E. J. JARUSZEWSKI, H. H. CARROLL, F.A.C.P. 1 December 1947Volume 27, Issue 6Page: 1028-1033KeywordsHospital medicinePorphyria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...