Three cases of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) misdiagnosed as leprosy were seen between 1978 and 1984 at Kaduna, Nigeria. All three patients had been heavy drinkers of a native alcoholic beverage, "burukutu" as well as beer, for several years. Alcohol abstinence and oral chloroquine therapy produced satisfactory remission of the disease. This is believed to be the first report of cases of porphyria cutanea tarda from Nigeria.
BT - Tropical and geographical medicine C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4095776?dopt=Abstract DA - 1985 Dec IS - 4 J2 - Trop Geogr Med LA - eng N2 -Three cases of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) misdiagnosed as leprosy were seen between 1978 and 1984 at Kaduna, Nigeria. All three patients had been heavy drinkers of a native alcoholic beverage, "burukutu" as well as beer, for several years. Alcohol abstinence and oral chloroquine therapy produced satisfactory remission of the disease. This is believed to be the first report of cases of porphyria cutanea tarda from Nigeria.
PY - 1985 SP - 352 EP - 5 T2 - Tropical and geographical medicine TI - This is not leprosy but porphyria cutanea tarda. VL - 37 SN - 0041-3232 ER -