Variegate (mixed) porphyria in a Nigerian girl.
A fatal case of variegate (mixed) porphyria in an 11-year-old Nigerian girl is reported. She presented with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, quadriplegia and cutaneous bullous dermatosis. Remission was temporarily achieved with chlorpromazine, high carbohydrate diet and physiotherapy. She finally died of respiratory paralysis 17 months after diagnosis.
Durosinmi
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MA
Department of Haematology & Immunology, Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Adejuyigbe
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O
Adamolekun
B
B
Adekile
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AD
Odunusi
E O
EO
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009549:Nigeria; D011164:Porphyrias; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications