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porphyria [pȯr′fir·ē·ə] (medicine) A usually hereditary, pathologic disorder of porphyrin metabolism characterized by porphyrinuria and photosensitivity. Porphyria comes in a winter storm to show her devotion, and her lover strangles her with her own tresses. [Br. Poetry: Browning Porphyria’s Lover in Magill IV, 247] See : Love, Unrequited How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A retrospective study conducted 40 years after the initial exposure found an increase in spontaneous abortions related to women living in the contaminated region or with porphyria cutanea tarda (Jarrell et al. 2) Conditions affecting systems outside the liver include cutaneous manifestations (sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda and lichen planus), ocular lesions (Mooren's ulcers), sialadenitis, and B-cell lymphoma. The seven are: chloracne, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, porphyria cutanea tarda, respiratory cancers (of the lung, bronchus, larynx and trachea), and soft-tissue sarcoma. |
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