Acquired angioedema. Case report

Authors

  • Augusto Oyarzábal Guerra Hospital Militar Clínico Quirúrgico "Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero"
  • Osmany López Ruiz Hospital Militar Clínico Quirúrgico "Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero"
  • Luis Felipe Oyarzábal Guerra Policlínico “Manuel Piti Fajardo”

Keywords:

angioedema, bradykinin, treatment

Abstract

Introduction: acquired angioedema is a rare disease. It is classified as hereditary and acquired. The causes are varied, they can be secondary to autoimmune diseases, lymphoproliferative syndromes and other neoplasms. This disease occurs through a chemical mediator. Bradykinin explains all the phenomena that occur in a patient with hereditary and acquired angioedema. The treatment consists of modern drugs that are in development. Case report: the patient was admitted with face, neck and trunk edema and showed refractoriness to conventional therapy. Plasma due to drug deficiencies was used for its remission and clinical stability was achieved. Conclusions: in a patient with resistant conventional therapy angioedema, without associated urticaria nor other relatives in the same state, it must think about acquired angioedema.

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Author Biographies

Augusto Oyarzábal Guerra, Hospital Militar Clínico Quirúrgico "Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero"

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina Interna. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Osmany López Ruiz, Hospital Militar Clínico Quirúrgico "Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero"

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral y en Medicina Interna. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Luis Felipe Oyarzábal Guerra, Policlínico “Manuel Piti Fajardo”

Diplomado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias. Residente de Medicina General Integral.

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2019-01-08

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Oyarzábal Guerra A, López Ruiz O, Oyarzábal Guerra LF. Acquired angioedema. Case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 8 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];13(1):89-95. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/924

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): January-March

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Case Reports

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