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- Title
Cardiac calcification in acute intermittent porphyria.
- Authors
Ghatak, Tanmoy; Azim, Afzal; Baronia, Arvind K.; Poddar, Banani
- Abstract
Aetiology of pericardial calcifications can be multifactorial. Tuberculosis has been reported as the most common cause. Other known causes include uraemia, asbestosis, post.traumatic or postoperative. We report a rare case of pericardial calcification seen in a patient with established acute intermittent porphyria. A direct causal relationship cannot be established between porphyria and pericardial calcification, but it may be due to deposition of the porphyrin in the pericardium.
- Subjects
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD testing; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM metabolism disorders; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; SOCIAL services case management; ACUTE intermittent porphyria; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2011, Vol 4, Issue 2, p186
- ISSN
0974-2069
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0974-2069.84669