
acute intermittent porphyria
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 1 episode found for "acute intermittent porphyria".
Oct 10, 2026
HY USMLE Q #1655 – Hematology
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3:16Michael MehlmanHOST
and they stain blue with prussian blue stains so they'll show you an image and there's just a bunch of blue dots it's a very buzzy image it's in the hematology pdf and you gotta know that sideroblastic anemia can be x-linked recessive it can also be due to alcoholism and serum iron ferritin can be normal or increased in sideroblastic anemia regardless wrong fucking choice d Porphobilinogen deaminase, wrong fucking answer.
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3:46Michael MehlmanHOST
So this is going to be acute intermittent porphyria.
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3:51Michael MehlmanHOST
Now, this is the one you hear that has red urine or pink urine, abdominal pain.
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3:58Michael MehlmanHOST
You can get neurologic issues, random paresthesias, seizures.
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4:03Michael MehlmanHOST
you can get psychiatric disturbances such as depression.
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4:07Michael MehlmanHOST
Shows up on a 2CK psych form, actually, where they give you acute intermittent porphyria with severe depression.
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4:14Michael MehlmanHOST
And then if you look it up, it's like, oh, it can be associated with depression.
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4:17Michael MehlmanHOST
That's random, okay? And this can also be an autosomal dominant condition.