EditorPorphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the most common type of porphyria worldwide and is classified in three categories: sporadic type I, familial type II and the extremely rare type III. 1 Many predisposing factors have been associated with the clinical manifestation of PCT. Amongst them well recognized are: alcohol abuse, oestrogen replacement therapy, iron overload, haemodialysis, viral infections (hepatitis C, hepatitis B, HIV virus), exposure to polychlorinated hydrocarbons and inherited mutations in the HFE gene concerning classic haemochromatosis. 2-4 Beta thalassaemia major (TM) is a clinical entity with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations as a result of life-long transfusion-dependent anaemia. Interestingly, patients suffering TM manifest several of PCT's predisposing factors as a result of their underlying disease ª
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