Porphyria - Diagnosis to Treatment
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Porphyria is a condition caused by deficiencies in enzymes involved in heme biosynthesis, leading to a blockade in the porphyrin pathway and accumulation of porphyrins and their precursors. Symptoms include urine that takes on a port wine color when standing. The document discusses the etiology, pathogenesis, morphology, clinical features, investigations, and treatment of porphyria.
Porphyria - Diagnosis to Treatment
- 1. Porphyria Dr. Subhash Thakur Sr. Lecturer, CMC, Bharatpur
- 2. Contents ? Introduction ? Etiology ? Pathogenesis ? Morphology ? Clinical Features ? Investigations ? Treatment
- 3. Introduction ? Derived from greek work ¡°Porphuros¡± meaning red/purple ? Patient pass urine,which on standing acquires port wine color
- 4. Aetiology ? Deficiencies in enzyme involved in heme biosynthesis, which leads to blockade of porphyrin pathway and subsequent accumulation of porphyrin and their precursors