Budhoo M R, Mitchell S, Eddlestone J, MacLennan I
Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, U.K.
J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1999 Apr;44(2):130-1.
Sickle cell trait patients rarely have crises. A case of co-morbidity with acute intermittent porphyria is described in which trans-mural infarction of the distal ileum secondary to red cell sickling resulted in a fatal outcome.