Background And Aims: Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) presents with nausea and vomiting and can mimic cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS). The prevalence of AHP in CVS and overlap in clinical symptomatology is not known. We thus sought to determine the prevalence of pathogenic variants for AHP and characterize symptom overlap between CVS and AHP.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 234 CVS patients using Rome criteria. Patients were eligible for AHP genetic testing if they had recurrent episodes of severe, diffuse abdominal pain with ≥ 2 of the following-peripheral nervous system (muscle weakness/aching, numbness, tingling), central nervous system (confusion, anxiety, seizures, hallucinations), autonomic nervous system (hyponatremia, tachycardia, hypertension, constipation) symptoms, red/brownish urine, or blistering skin lesions on sun-exposed areas. A family history of AHP or elevated urinary porphobilinogen (PBG)/aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) were also criteria for genetic testing and was performed using a 4-gene panel.
Results: Mean age was 38.7 ± 14.5 years, 180 (76.9%) were female and 200 (85.5%) were Caucasian. During a CVS attack, 173 (92%) reported abdominal pain, 166 (87.2%) had peripheral nervous system, 164 (86.8%) had central nervous system and 173 (92) % had autonomic symptoms. Ninety-one eligible patients completed genetic testing. None were positive for AHP but two had variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in the HMBS gene.
Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of non-gastrointestinal symptoms in CVS, like AHP, which is important for clinicians to recognize. AHP was not detected in this study and larger studies are warranted to ascertain its prevalence.
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