title: Adult-onset congenital erythropoietic porphyria (Günther's disease) presenting with thrombocytopenia.
abstract: Cutaneous signs of Günther's disease (congenital erythropoietic porphyria) developing 5 years after the onset of symptomatic thrombocytopenia are described in a 65-year-old man. Persistent thrombocytopenia unresponsive to corticosteroids and immunoglobulin necessitated a splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Regional Centre of Dermatology, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Eire.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Otridge
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017092:Porphyria, Erythropoietic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology*