Definition: Erythropoietic Uroporphyria (Congenital Porphyria): A very rare disorder inherited as a recessive mendelian characteristic. Symptoms include photosensitivity of skin with blistering and burning on exposure to sunlight, mutilations of skin of face, nose, mouth, ears, and hands; teeth which are pinkish to red in color and fluoresce under Wood’s light, pink or reddish stained urine and saliva and tears, bloodshot eyes, and hemolytic anemia responding only to repeated transfusions of whole blood. (Principals of Internal Medicine, by Harrison)