Acute intermittent porphyria
DDx
- Acute abdominal pain due to other causes, e.g., appendicitis, peptic ulcer disease, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, familial Mediterranean fever
- Polyneuropathy due to other causes
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lead or other heavy metal poisoning
- Psychosis due to other causes
- SIADH due to other causes
- Dark urine due to other causes, e.g., alkaptonuria
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