Porphyria Diagnosed After PRES Suspected in Teenager
In an unusual case, a 16-year-old girl in India was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) after radiological findings were suggestive of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). The combination of abdominal pain with altered neurological and psychiatric status should alert clinicians to the possibility of porphyria, they said. The case…