Late onset variegate porphyria.
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.
Grabczynska
S A
SA
Photobiology Department, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
McGregor
J M
JM
Hawk
J L
JL
D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D017094:Porphyrias, Hepatic / Q000209:etiology*