Porphyria-induced Postpartum Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare condition that needs to be kept in mind where its early recognition, conservative management, and removal of the precipitating factor are the key factors in its management. This “little imitator” presented with varied symptoms is often misdiagnosed. The d...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Shri R, Sharma, Nalini, Synmon, Baiakmenlang, Hynniewtaya, Yasmeen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35836628
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24253
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author Sharma, Shri R
Sharma, Nalini
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description Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare condition that needs to be kept in mind where its early recognition, conservative management, and removal of the precipitating factor are the key factors in its management. This “little imitator” presented with varied symptoms is often misdiagnosed. The diagnosis requires a strong index of suspicion as choosing an antiepileptic medication in the management of seizure requires a judicial choice to avoid precipitation of the underlying illness. How to cite this article: Sharma SR, Sharma N, Synmon B, Hynniewtaya Y. Porphyria-induced Postpartum Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(6):728–730.
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spelling pubmed-92371392022-07-13 Porphyria-induced Postpartum Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome Sharma, Shri R Sharma, Nalini Synmon, Baiakmenlang Hynniewtaya, Yasmeen Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare condition that needs to be kept in mind where its early recognition, conservative management, and removal of the precipitating factor are the key factors in its management. This “little imitator” presented with varied symptoms is often misdiagnosed. The diagnosis requires a strong index of suspicion as choosing an antiepileptic medication in the management of seizure requires a judicial choice to avoid precipitation of the underlying illness. How to cite this article: Sharma SR, Sharma N, Synmon B, Hynniewtaya Y. Porphyria-induced Postpartum Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(6):728–730. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2022-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9237139/ /pubmed/35836628 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24253 Text en Copyright © 2022; The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/© The Author(s). 2022 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_short Porphyria-induced Postpartum Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237139/
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