Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis

Emergency physicians (EP) frequently encounter angioedema involving the lips and tongue. However, angioedema from Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors or hereditary angioedema (HAE) can present with gastrointestinal symptoms due to bowel wall involvement. EPs should begin to consider this clinic...

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Autores principales: LoCascio, Edward J., Mahler, Simon A., Arnold, Thomas C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21079716
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author LoCascio, Edward J.
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Arnold, Thomas C.
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description Emergency physicians (EP) frequently encounter angioedema involving the lips and tongue. However, angioedema from Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors or hereditary angioedema (HAE) can present with gastrointestinal symptoms due to bowel wall involvement. EPs should begin to consider this clinical entity as a potential cause for abdominal pain and associated gastrointestinal symptoms given the common use of medications that can precipitate angioedema. We report a case of a 34-year-old woman who presented with abdominal cramping, vomiting and diarrhea due to an acute exacerbation of HAE.
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spelling pubmed-29676962010-11-15 Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis LoCascio, Edward J. Mahler, Simon A. Arnold, Thomas C. West J Emerg Med Cardiology Emergency physicians (EP) frequently encounter angioedema involving the lips and tongue. However, angioedema from Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors or hereditary angioedema (HAE) can present with gastrointestinal symptoms due to bowel wall involvement. EPs should begin to consider this clinical entity as a potential cause for abdominal pain and associated gastrointestinal symptoms given the common use of medications that can precipitate angioedema. We report a case of a 34-year-old woman who presented with abdominal cramping, vomiting and diarrhea due to an acute exacerbation of HAE. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2967696/ /pubmed/21079716 Text en Copyright © 2010 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Cardiology
LoCascio, Edward J.
Mahler, Simon A.
Arnold, Thomas C.
Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis
title Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis
title_full Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis
title_fullStr Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis
title_full_unstemmed Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis
title_short Intestinal Angioedema Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Episodes of Gastroenteritis
title_sort intestinal angioedema misdiagnosed as recurrent episodes of gastroenteritis
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21079716
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