Quincke’s Disease Presenting After Cocaine Exposure

Quincke’s disease is a very rare form of upper airway angioedema, and it is characterized by a well-localized edematous reaction. Its epidemiology is not documented due to the rarity of this condition. Causes include allergic reactions, infectious diseases, and trauma, among others.  This article de...

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Autores principales: Gonçalves, Filipa Madalena F, Costa, Magda, Campos, Ana Luísa, Cotter, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36415441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30536
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author Gonçalves, Filipa Madalena F
Costa, Magda
Campos, Ana Luísa
Cotter, Jorge
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description Quincke’s disease is a very rare form of upper airway angioedema, and it is characterized by a well-localized edematous reaction. Its epidemiology is not documented due to the rarity of this condition. Causes include allergic reactions, infectious diseases, and trauma, among others.  This article describes a rare case of a 27-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department with isolated uvular edema associated with cocaine exposure.
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spelling pubmed-96759012022-11-21 Quincke’s Disease Presenting After Cocaine Exposure Gonçalves, Filipa Madalena F Costa, Magda Campos, Ana Luísa Cotter, Jorge Cureus Emergency Medicine Quincke’s disease is a very rare form of upper airway angioedema, and it is characterized by a well-localized edematous reaction. Its epidemiology is not documented due to the rarity of this condition. Causes include allergic reactions, infectious diseases, and trauma, among others.  This article describes a rare case of a 27-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department with isolated uvular edema associated with cocaine exposure. Cureus 2022-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9675901/ /pubmed/36415441 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30536 Text en Copyright © 2022, Gonçalves et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Quincke’s Disease Presenting After Cocaine Exposure
title Quincke’s Disease Presenting After Cocaine Exposure
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title_short Quincke’s Disease Presenting After Cocaine Exposure
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topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675901/
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