Porphyria variegata treated with cyproterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol.
The cyclical use of cyproterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol successfully prevented attacks of abdominal pain in a 30-year-old woman suffering from porphyria variegata. Blistering still appeared following light exposure, but possibly to a lesser degree.
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D003534:Cyproterone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate; C032640:Cyproterone acetate, ethinyl estradiol drug combination; D003534:Cyproterone