Feigning Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect in heme synthesis. Patients with this illness can have episodic life-threatening attacks characterized by abdominal pain, neurological deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. Feigning this illness has not been reported in the Eng...
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| author | Rania Elkhatib Modupe Idowu Gregory S. Brown Yasmeen M. Jaber Matthew B. Reid Cheryl Person |
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| description | Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect in heme synthesis. Patients with this illness can have episodic life-threatening attacks characterized by abdominal pain, neurological deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. Feigning this illness has not been reported in the English language literature to date. Here, we report on a patient who presented to the hospital with an acute attack of porphyria requesting opiates. Diligent assessment of extensive prior treatment records revealed thirteen negative tests for AIP. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c2eba42d3a63406ab9d8efd271c9b18b2025-02-03T05:48:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382014-01-01201410.1155/2014/152821152821Feigning Acute Intermittent PorphyriaRania Elkhatib0Modupe Idowu1Gregory S. Brown2Yasmeen M. Jaber3Matthew B. Reid4Cheryl Person5Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 5656 Kelley Street, Houston, TX 77026, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 5656 Kelley Street, Houston, TX 77026, USAUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1941 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USAUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1941 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USAUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1941 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USADepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 5656 Kelley Street, Houston, TX 77026, USAAcute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect in heme synthesis. Patients with this illness can have episodic life-threatening attacks characterized by abdominal pain, neurological deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. Feigning this illness has not been reported in the English language literature to date. Here, we report on a patient who presented to the hospital with an acute attack of porphyria requesting opiates. Diligent assessment of extensive prior treatment records revealed thirteen negative tests for AIP.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/152821 |
| spellingShingle | Rania Elkhatib Modupe Idowu Gregory S. Brown Yasmeen M. Jaber Matthew B. Reid Cheryl Person Feigning Acute Intermittent Porphyria Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| title | Feigning Acute Intermittent Porphyria |
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