Feigning Acute Intermittent Porphyria
| Autor: | Rania Elkhatib, Modupe Idowu, Gregory S. Brown, Yasmeen M. Jaber, Matthew B. Reid, Cheryl Person |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Psychiatry, Vol 2014 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-682X 2090-6838 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/152821 |
| Popis: | Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect in heme synthesis. Patients with this illness can have episodic life-threatening attacks characterized by abdominal pain, neurological deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. Feigning this illness has not been reported in the English language literature to date. Here, we report on a patient who presented to the hospital with an acute attack of porphyria requesting opiates. Diligent assessment of extensive prior treatment records revealed thirteen negative tests for AIP. |
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