Case report. Acute intermittent porphyria present as quadriparesis in Nigerian female.
A case of intermittent porphyria is reported. The patient had quadriparesis, acute abdominal symptoms and abnormalities in the blood chemistry. Acute intermittent porphyria is not a common disease in Africans. The severe neurological signs in this patient may have been precipitated by medication.
D000328:Adult; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*