HYPONATREMIA AND ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPH YRIA - A DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMIN THE EMERGENCY WARD

Authors
SALGUEIRA M MONROY A JARAVA C MOLAS JR PAEZ MC AMOR J PALMA A
Citation
M. Salgueira et al., HYPONATREMIA AND ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPH YRIA - A DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMIN THE EMERGENCY WARD, Nefrologia, 17(1), 1997, pp. 88-91
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Nefrologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
02116995
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
88 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0211-6995(1997)17:1<88:HAAIPY>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Three patients with acute intermittent porphyria are deserched. They c ame to the hospital because of abdominal pain and dark-red urine. The initial diagnosis was renal colic. Hyponatremia, due to inappropriate secretion of ADH led to the diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria. The finding of hyponatremia in a patient with abdominal pain, without peritonitis, can be a clue in the diagnosis of a acute intermittent p orphyria.