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Kushal Kriplani

2080

VMMC&SJH,New Delhi

Intern

Born of the Purple-A Disease of Folklore Origins

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General appearance- Pale and malnourished , which upon anthropometric examination was suggestive of Acute Malnutrition

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Hypopigmented blisters occuring as a direct result of phototoxicity

Hyperkeratotic scarring

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Hyperpigmented Skin Blisters

Erythrodontia due to porphyrin deposition in teeths

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Hyperkeratotsis and hypopigmented blisters can be seen

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Dark Red colored urine which became darker on standing