Sensorimotor axonal polyneuropathy without hepatic failure in erythropoietic protoporphyria.

[erythropoietic protoporphyria]

The erythropoietic porphyrias are primarily manifested by skin sensitivity . They are , unlike many other forms of porphyria , usually not associated with neurologic manifestations . Only a few cases have been reported of neuropathy in patients with erythropoietic porphyrias , all characterized by an acute motor and proximally accentuated neuropathy occurring in the setting of hepatic failure . In this report , we present a patient without hepatic failure who presented with a sensorimotor axonal polyneuropathy before being diagnosed with erythropoietic porphyrias . The presented case expands the forms of neurologic complications that can be seen in this specific form of porphyria .