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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema
Hereditary angioedema is a rare, but potentially life-threatening genetic disorder that results from an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterized by acute, recurrent attacks of severe local edema, most commonly affecting the skin and mucosa. Swelling in hereditary angioedema patients does howeve...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26819784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/934247 |
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author | Andersen, Michelle Fog Bygum, Anette |
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description | Hereditary angioedema is a rare, but potentially life-threatening genetic disorder that results from an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterized by acute, recurrent attacks of severe local edema, most commonly affecting the skin and mucosa. Swelling in hereditary angioedema patients does however not always have to be caused by angioedema but can relate to other concomitant disorders. In this report we are focusing on misdiagnosis in a patient with known hereditary angioedema, whose bleeding episode caused by idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was mistaken for an acute attack of hereditary angioedema. The case illustrates how clinicians can have difficulties in handling patients with rare diseases, especially in the emergency care setting. |
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spelling | pubmed-47068902016-01-27 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema Andersen, Michelle Fog Bygum, Anette Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Hereditary angioedema is a rare, but potentially life-threatening genetic disorder that results from an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterized by acute, recurrent attacks of severe local edema, most commonly affecting the skin and mucosa. Swelling in hereditary angioedema patients does however not always have to be caused by angioedema but can relate to other concomitant disorders. In this report we are focusing on misdiagnosis in a patient with known hereditary angioedema, whose bleeding episode caused by idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was mistaken for an acute attack of hereditary angioedema. The case illustrates how clinicians can have difficulties in handling patients with rare diseases, especially in the emergency care setting. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4706890/ /pubmed/26819784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/934247 Text en Copyright © 2015 M. F. Andersen and A. Bygum. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Andersen, Michelle Fog Bygum, Anette Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema |
title | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema |
title_full | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema |
title_fullStr | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema |
title_full_unstemmed | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema |
title_short | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema |
title_sort | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura misdiagnosed as hereditary angioedema |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26819784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/934247 |
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