Jaundice in an Adult Female Patient With Photosensitivity.
作者信息
Falcón-Antonio Orlando Emmanuel, Aguirre-Villarreal David, Martínez-Sánchez Froylan David, García-Juárez Ignacio
机构信息
Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Tlalpan, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Hepatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Tlalpan, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
出版信息
ACG Case Rep J. 2025 Aug 4;12(8):e01797. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001797. eCollection 2025 Aug.
This was the case of a 21-year-old woman with longstanding photosensitivity who developed progressive jaundice and liver dysfunction. The initial workup excluded common hepatobiliary and autoimmune causes. Skin and liver biopsies revealed characteristic histological features, including hyaline dermal deposits and birefringent pigments in the hepatic canaliculi. Elevated erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels and genetic testing confirmed erythropoietic protoporphyria with hepatic involvement. Despite supportive care, she required liver transplantation and later died of infectious complications. This case underscores the importance of considering porphyria in patients with combined cutaneous and hepatic manifestations and highlights the diagnostic value of clinicopathological correlations.