[Mitotane as possible cause of acute intermittent porphyria]. / Mitotan som mulig årsag til akut intermitterende porfyri.

A 54 year-old woman with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) developed an attack of porphyria after 156 days of treatment with mitotane following a non-radical adrenalectomy for adrenocortical carcinoma. Mitotane therapy was discontinued but the attack of porphyria persisted for more than four months and included episodes with severe metabolic and neurologic toxicities. Mitotane is probably porphyrinogenic for patients with AIP.