Hepatic fluorescence in porphyria cutanea tarda studied in fine needle aspiration biopsy smears
AUTOR(ES)
Lundvall, Ove
RESUMO
Fine needle aspiration biopsy smears from 19 patients with porphyria cutanea tarda were studied by fluorescence microscopy. Fluorescence was arbitrarily graded from 0 to 4. All patients—those with clinically manifest as well as those with latent disease—showed bright red fluorescence of porphyrin type in the liver cells, though in latent cases the fluorescence commonly was of a low grade. In patients with manifest disease fluorescence of grade 3 or 4 was present.
