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Porphyria cutanea tarda resulting from primary hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
O'REILLY K.,
SNAPE J.,
MOORE M. R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1988.tb00650.x
Subject(s) - porphyria cutanea tarda , hepatocellular carcinoma , porphyria , medicine , dermatology , carcinoma , pathology
Summary We report a case of porphyria cutanea tarda which we suggest occurred as a paraneoplastic phenomenon secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma. There have been seven such cases in the world literature and in our discussion of the case we review these papers.