Pregnancy in porphyria and its complications: a case report
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20204843Keywords:
Porphyria cutanea tarda, Acute intermittent porphyria, Stillbirth, Preeclampsia, PregnancyAbstract
As with many rare diseases, little is known about the porphyrias and reproduction. Knowledge pertaining to complications in pregnancy in a patient with porphyria is even more scant. The information which we have is from attending on individual cases. The following case report demonstrates a rare case of porphyria cutanea tarda in a 30 year old female patient, diagnosed around pubertal age, who presented to the Emergency department as a case of severe anemia who had delivered a still born baby the same day. Still births along with spontaneous abortions, preeclampsia and low birth weights are few of the known complications of pregnancy in patients with porphyria.
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