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Case Reports
. 1977 Aug;52(8):646-50.
doi: 10.1136/adc.52.8.646.

Hereditary coproporphyria and epilepsy

A B Houston, M J Brodie, M R Moore, G G Thompson, J B Stephenson
Case Reports

Hereditary coproporphyria and epilepsy

A B Houston et al. Arch Dis Child. 1977 Aug.

Abstract

A 9-year-old boy with mental deterioration and epilepsy suffered an acute attack of hereditary coproporphyria associated with worsening of seizure control. Leucocyte coproporphyrinogen oxidase activity was undetectable in the patient during this attack, and was reduced in his mother, a latent case. The complex relationship between porphyria, epilepsy, and anticonvulsant drugs is discussed.

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