Uses in Literature
Stated or implied references to porphyria are included in some literature, particularly gothic literature. These include the following:

The condition is the name of the title character in the gothic poem "Porphyrias Lover," by Robert Browning. The condition is heavily implied to be the cause of the symptoms suffered by the narrator in the gothic short story "Lusus Naturae," by Margaret Atwood. Some of the narrators symptoms resemble those of porphyria, and one passage of the story states that the name of the narrators disease "had some Ps and Rs in it." References
External links
Porphyria at Curlie
The Drug Database for Acute Porphyria - comprehensive database on drug porphyrinogenicity
Orphanets disease page on Porphyria
While this procedure usually generates only limited scar tissue, in rare cases a fibrothorax can develop. Mechanism
Fibrosis can affect one or both of the two layers of tissue forming the pleura—the visceral pleura adjacent to the lung and the parietal pleura adjacent to the ribcage. The term fibrothorax implies severe fibrosis affecting both the visceral and the outer (parietal) pleura, fusing the lung to the chest wall. The condition starts as an undrained pleural effusion. Over time, the undrained pleural effusion causes sustained inflammation of the pleura, which can then lead to deposition of fibrin in the pleura and the development of a fibrotic scar. Eventually, a "peel" that is rich in collagen forms around the fluid collection. From this point, the illness can no longer be treated with thoracentesis, since the fluid will return to the cavity maintained by the peel.Over time, generally over the years, the fibrotic scar tissue slowly tightens and thickens, contracting the contents of one or both halves of the chest and reducing the mobility of the ribs. The peel can become deeper than 2 cm. Within the chest, the lung is compressed and unable to expand (trapped lung), making it vulnerable to collapse and causing breathlessness. Restrictive lung disease from fibrothorax may occur when pleural fibrosis is so severe that it involves the diaphragm and ribcage and results primarily from decreased rib movement. Microscopic
At the microscopic level, collagen fibres deposit in a basket weave pattern and form scar tissue.