[Multiple circular liver foci in latent porphyria cutanea tarda].
A 41-year-old patient with latent porphyria cutanea tarda is described; 8 years after mastectomy for carcinoma, sonography and CT showed multiple hepatic foci, which were at first interpreted as liver metastases. A liver biopsy was carried out during laparoscopy and u/v fluorescence and subsequent laboratory tests confirmed the diagnosis of porphyria cutanea tarda. Treatment with resochin produced almost complete resolution of the liver abnormalities within 9 months. Magnetic resonance tomography using proton-weighted SE sequences showed a few foci of high signal intensity.
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Radiologische Klinik, Universität Bonn.
Harder
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Steudel
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Hartlapp
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Multiple Leberrundherde bei latenter Porphyria cutanea tarda.