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A child presents with acute abdominal pain.What is deficient to cause this pain?
I read this question somewhere now forgot where and answer options.Anyone knows?
Is it related to heme matabolism?

was it AIP.

what AIP stands for?

acute intermittent phorphyria

yeh i think its acute intermittent porphyria,,,heme metabolism disorder.

what is enzyme defected in AIP?

uroporphyrinogen synthase

Thanks.

How will differentiate clinically AIP and Porphria cutanea tarda?means S/S same for both?

clinically they are very different, AIP causes acute abdominal pain and neurologic symptoms like psychosis and dementia, but PCT photosensitive bullous skin lesions, hyperpigmentation, hypertrichosis