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  • Title: [Porphyria cutanea tarda in female patients with special regard to hormonal contraception (author's transl)].
    Author: Fiedler H, Zaumseil RP, Wienmeister H.
    Journal: Dermatol Monatsschr; 1981 Aug; 167(8):481-5. PubMed ID: 7346284.
    Abstract:
    During the period 1975-79, there have been an increasing number of cases of porphyria cutanea tarda in females. Herein are presented the most important findings from among 16 of these patients. Aside from alcohol damage to the liver and other coexistent diseases (colon cancer, syphilis, diabetes), hormonal contraception was named as a decisive factor, especially in young women. 8 females under age 40 who took hormonal contraceptives for many years are discussed. We observed 1 patient suffering from thalassemia minor at the same time and a young woman who underwent a normal pregnancy and birth of a healthy boy after successful treatment for contraceptive drug-induced porphyria cutanea tarda. Such cases have never been seen before. (author's modified)
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