Possible effectiveness of plasmapheresis on the neurological complications in a case of acute intermittent porphyria.
A 56 year old woman with acute intermittent porphyria presented mainly motor polyneuropathy, ophthalmoparesis of probable supranuclear origin and a mild organic brain syndrome. The neurological complications gradually cleared during a course of plasmapheresis. The fairly rapid improvement could conceivably have been fortuitous but it may well have been due to plasmapheresis.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy