Porphyria: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Porphyria: clinical features. Anxiety, Confusion, Agitation, Restlessness, Insomnia, Psychosis, Seizures, Coma. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Acute neurological features
- Anxiety
- Confusion
- Agitation
- Restlessness
- Insomnia
- Psychosis
- Seizures
- Coma
Acute systemic features
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Acute neurological complications
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Triggers for acute attacks
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Porphyria peripheral neuropathy
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Other chronic features
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Acute neurological features
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Acute systemic features
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Acute neurological complications
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Triggers for acute attacks
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Porphyria peripheral neuropathy
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Other chronic features
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References
- Peters TJ, Mills KR. Porphyria for the Neurologist. Pract Neurol 2006; 6:255-258.
- Bertorini TE. Neuromuscular case studies. Butterworth Heinemann Philadelphia. 2008 pp 298-300.
- Albers JW, Fink JK. Porphyric neuropathy. Muscle Nerve 2004; 30:410-422.
- Pischik E, Kauppinen R. Neurological manifestations of acute intermittent porphyria. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2009; 55:72-83.
- Kevelam SH, Neeleman RA, Waisfisz Q, Friesema EC, Langendonk JG, van der Knaap MS. Acute intermittent porphyria-related leukoencephalopathy. Neurology 2016; 87:1258-1265.
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