Turning Purple with Pain

N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 5;385(6):549-554. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcps2105278.

Authors

Thomas W Fredrick¹, Manuel B Braga Neto¹, Daniel O Johnsrud¹, Michael Camilleri¹, Victor G Chedid¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Internal Medicine (T.W.F.) and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine (M.B.B.N., M.C., V.G.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai Medical Center and Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee (D.O.J.).

PMID: 34347956
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps2105278

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Adult
Constipation / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Glucose / therapeutic use
Humans
Hyponatremia / etiology
Porphobilinogen / urine
Porphyria, Acute Intermittent / complications
Porphyria, Acute Intermittent / diagnosis*

Substances

Porphobilinogen
Glucose