title: MRI reveals reversible lesions resembling posterior reversible encephalopathy in porphyria.
abstract: We report a 20-year-old woman who had an attack of acute intermittent porphyria with seizures, hallucinations, autonomic and somatic neuropathy. T2-weighted MRI revealed multiple lesions which were no longer visible 3 months later. We suggest a similar mechanism to posterior reversible encephalopathy underlying cerebral symptoms in porphyria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Sisli Etfal S., Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey, fmcelik@attglobal.net
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Forta
authors.forename: Türker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dalkiliç
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Babacan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017118:Porphyria, Acute Intermittent / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors