A pre-surgery light sensitivity test and appropriate skin coverage during surgery allowed a safe and successful laparoscopy — a type of minimally invasive operation in the abdomen or pelvis — in a man with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), scientists report. Since EPP is marked by skin hypersensitivity to sunlight and…
The first case in China of a patient with the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who also was diagnosed with hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) was described in a recent report. The patient was identified as a 30-year-old woman, treated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, in Beijing, who was…
A family with a new hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) mutation having frequent, severe attacks and blood clots was described in a new case report. The report, “High penetrance, recurrent attacks and thrombus formation in a family with hereditary coproporphyria,” was published in JIMD Reports. HCP is the rarest…
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