Cutaneous Manifestations of Porphyria

Porphyria and its neurologic manifestations.

Porphyrias are rare disorders resulting from a defect in the heme biosynthetic pathway. They can produce significant disease of both the peripheral and central nervous systems, in addition to other organ systems, with acute intermittent porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, and variegate porphyria as the subtypes associated with neurologic manifestations. The presence of a motor-predominant per...

Cutaneous hepatic porphyria and oestrogens.

Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatic Fever in Children

Sur 2601 admissions, chez 113 enfants at­teints de la maladie de Bouillaud, hospitalises en cinq ans dans deux services de pediatrie de Te­heran (C.H.U. de Pahlavi, C.H.U. de Logman­doleh Adham) 6 cas de manifestations cutanees  (trois cas de nodules, trois cas d'erytheme mar­ginatum) ont ete constates, trois d'entre eux souffrant d'une cardite severe et evolutive.  En Iran !'incidence des si...

Symptomatic Cutaneous Hepatic Porphyria and from Rats with Porphyria

1. Three tetracarboxylate porphyrins, apart from coproporphyrin, were isolated from the faeces of patients with symptomatic cutaneous hepatic porphyria and of rats with porphyria caused by hexachlorobenzene poisoning. The porphyrins were not present in the urine of the porphyric rats or in the faeces of control rats. 2. Two of the porphyrins were identified as tris-(2-carboxyethyl)-carboxymethy...

Cutaneous Manifestations of Brucellosis

Conclusion. Human brucellosis should always be in the differential diagnosis of a patient with rash and fever. Cutaneous findings may be useful in diagnosing brucellosis in persons who live in endemic regions. Early diagnosis and timely initiation of proper antibiotic treatment are of major importance for the effective cure and prevention of complications of the disease. General practitioners a...