Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 5
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Ultrasound findings in an abdominal crisis of a patient with hereditary angioedema

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6469/2019

Joaquín Poza Cordón, Pedro de María Pallarés, Teresa Caballero Molina,

Abstract
ereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare autosomal-dominant disease caused by serum C1 inhibitor deficiency. This deficiency leads to an up-regulation of complement, activating the bradykinin pathway and causing vascular permeability and subsequent mucosal edema. Abdominal angioedema is a less recognized type of angioedema and the clinical signs may range from subtle, diffuse abdominal pain and nausea, to overt peritonitis. We describe one case of abdominal angioedema in a patient with known HAE that were diagnosed by ultrasound.
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Received: 29/06/2019

Accepted: 09/07/2019

Online First: 27/04/2020

Published: 08/05/2020

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