Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is life-threatening and can present alone or in combination with other co-morbidities. Acute porphyria attacks can also be serious, resulting in permanent disability or death and symptoms can be similar to AI. Previous literature describing hormonal perturbations in porphyria suggest an association between the two conditions. We were referred a family with 4 individuals with porphyria and AI, the clinical picture included global developmental delay, ...