Hepatic porphyria

Hepatic porphyrias is a form of porphyria in which toxic porphyrin molecules build up in the liver. Hepatic porphyrias can result from a number of different enzyme deficiencies.

Examples include (in order of synthesis pathway):

• Acute intermittent porphyria
• Porphyria cutanea tarda and Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria
• Hereditary coproporphyria
• Variegate porphyria