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Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) may present with:

True / False

Seizures Correct

Radial nerve palsy Incorrect answer selected

Absent urinary d-aminolaevulinic acid Correct

A characteristic blistering skin rash Incorrect answer selected

Abdominal pain Correct

Explanation

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) results in increased amounts of urinary porphobilinogen and delta-aminolaevulinic acid (D-ALA) during attacks.

Patients may present with:

acute abdominal pain

peripheral and cranial nerve palsies

mental disturbances

seizures, and

coma.

Photosensitivity is common in variegate porphyria (not AIP).

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