@article {Mullin384, author = {Stephen Mullin and Andrew Platts and Kashmir Randhawa and Paul Watts}, title = {Cerebral vasospasm and anterior circulation stroke secondary to an exacerbation of hereditary corproporphyria}, volume = {12}, number = {6}, pages = {384--387}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.1136/practneurol-2012-000288}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Acute porphyria, though rare, has well-known neurological sequelae. Vasospasm rarely complicates exacerbations of acute intermittent porphyria, but has not been previously reported in hereditary coproporphyria. We describe a porphyric crisis in a woman with previously undiagnosed hereditary coproporphyria (triggered by rifampicin), leading to vasospasm and stroke.}, issn = {1474-7758}, URL = {https://pn.bmj.com/content/12/6/384}, eprint = {https://pn.bmj.com/content/12/6/384.full.pdf}, journal = {Practical Neurology} }