Journal of Clinical Trials
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0870
ISSN: 2167-0870
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland
Case Report
Attack of Acute Intermittent Porphyria in a 34-Year-Old Female Patient after a Lithotrypsy
Author(s): Zuzanna Wardega*, Marta Donderska, Zuzanna Czudy and Barbara Dominik
A 34-old-female patient had acute intermittent porphyria. Rare diseases should be considered in the differential
diagnosis, especially in young adults. It is hard to recognize the illness in a district hospital, where access to the
specialist laboratory tests is difficult. Although non-specific symptoms and attributing them to prior surgical
intervention delayed diagnosis, the maintained diagnostic, careful observation allowed for proper diagnosis of the
disease... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0870.21.11.471