title: Late onset variegate porphyria.
abstract: Variegate porphyria (VP) first presenting in old age is uncommon and should raise the possibility of an underlying precipitating cause. This case report documents VP in an elderly woman with a liver tumour.
authors.affiliation: Photobiology Department, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Grabczynska
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hawk
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D017094:Porphyrias, Hepatic / Q000209:etiology*