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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 318-320 |
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Human immunodeficiency virus associated sporadic nonfamilial porphyria cutanea tarda
Sibashish Kamal Guha1, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay2, Abanti Saha2, Niharika Ranjan Lal2
1 Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Niharika Ranjan Lal
Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, 88, College Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.182424
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), a relatively uncommon metabolic disease, is the most common cutaneous porphyria. Here, we present the case of a patient diagnosed with sporadic, nonfamilial PCT that presented with classical cutaneous findings and multiple risk factors, including alcohol abuse, human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS, that have been strongly associated with the sporadic form of PCT. |
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