Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India

A 30-year-old unmarried, heterosexual male presented with an 8-month history of tense blistering skin lesions over the hands. Physical examination revealed facial hypertrichosis and multiple erosions with crusts and scars over the dorsum of both hands. Woods lamp examination of the urine, histopatho...

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Autores principales: Bhat, Ramesh M., Pinto, Malcolm, Dandakeri, S., Kambil, Srinath M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24958988
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.132430
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author Bhat, Ramesh M.
Pinto, Malcolm
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Kambil, Srinath M.
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description A 30-year-old unmarried, heterosexual male presented with an 8-month history of tense blistering skin lesions over the hands. Physical examination revealed facial hypertrichosis and multiple erosions with crusts and scars over the dorsum of both hands. Woods lamp examination of the urine, histopathology and urinary porphyrin levels were suggestive of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT). The patient responded well to hydroxychloroquine and antiretroviral drugs. This case report calls for a detailed evaluation and HIV testing in every patient with PCT.
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spelling pubmed-40665992014-06-23 Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India Bhat, Ramesh M. Pinto, Malcolm Dandakeri, S. Kambil, Srinath M. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report A 30-year-old unmarried, heterosexual male presented with an 8-month history of tense blistering skin lesions over the hands. Physical examination revealed facial hypertrichosis and multiple erosions with crusts and scars over the dorsum of both hands. Woods lamp examination of the urine, histopathology and urinary porphyrin levels were suggestive of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT). The patient responded well to hydroxychloroquine and antiretroviral drugs. This case report calls for a detailed evaluation and HIV testing in every patient with PCT. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4066599/ /pubmed/24958988 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.132430 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India
title Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India
title_full Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India
title_fullStr Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India
title_full_unstemmed Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India
title_short Porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: A rare scenario in India
title_sort porphyria cutanea tarda in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient: a rare scenario in india
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24958988
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.132430
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