Porto-Sinusoidal Vascular Disease in Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria Needing Liver Transplantation.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-2024
Abstract
Porphyria caused by inherited disorders in heme biosynthesis can lead to accumulation of porphyrins in various organs. Liver involvement due to porphyria mostly results in cholestasis leading to liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP), a rare porphyria due to deficiency of uroporphyrinogen III synthase, mostly results in cutaneous manifestations. There are reports of liver involvement including varying degree of fibrosis in patients with CEP. We report a unique case of a patient with CEP who developed porto-sinusoidal vascular disease with complications of portal hypertension that necessitated liver transplantation.
Volume
11
Issue
5
First Page
01336
Last Page
01336
ISSN
2326-3253
Published In/Presented At
Gopalakrishna, H., Mironova, M., Malik, S., Faust, A., Khurram, N., Koh, C., Kleiner, D. E., & Heller, T. (2024). Porto-Sinusoidal Vascular Disease in Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria Needing Liver Transplantation. ACG case reports journal, 11(5), e01336. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001336
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
38682079
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article
