Porphyria cutanea tarda associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome Journal Article
| Authors: | Wissel, P. S.; Sordillo, P.; Anderson, K. E.; Sassa, S.; Savillo, R. L.; Kappas, A. |
| Article Title: | Porphyria cutanea tarda associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| Abstract: | Three male subjects with cutaneous symptoms and biochemical signs typical of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) developed acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). All three were in a classic high risk group for the latter disease and developed a typical progressive illness. Two patients succumbed to opportunistic infections; the third is alive but critically ill. The symptomatic prodrome of AIDS developed concurrently with or followed the onset of symptoms of PCT in all three individuals. PCT and AIDS are both uncommon disorders; their association in three patients is thus of inherent clinical interest. If this association is not coincidental, it raises the possibility that the occurrence of photosensitivity, skin lesions, and evidence of biochemical changes characteristic of PCT may, in certain patients at risk for AIDS, presage the subsequent full clinical expression of the latter disease. Copyright © 1987 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company |
| Keywords: | adult; case report; homosexuality; human immunodeficiency virus; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; photosensitivity; porphyria cutanea tarda; humans; human; male; priority journal; blood and hemopoietic system; hepatic porphyria; porphyrias |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Hematology |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0361-8609 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Date Published: | 1987-05-01 |
| Start Page: | 107 |
| End Page: | 113 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ajh.2830250112 |
| PUBMED: | 3578259 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 5 February 2021 -- Source: Scopus; Acknowledgements: The authors thank the nursing staff of The Rockefeller University Hospital for their support and care of patients 1 and 3. We are indebted to Ms. Jill Brighton for excellent editorial assistance and manuscript preparation. |
