Visceral angioedema related to treatment with an ACE inhibitor.
For more than five years, a patient suffered recurrent episodes of abdominal pain accompanied by diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting. An angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor causing visceral oedema was eventually implicated.
Mullins
R J
RJ
John James Medical Centre, Deakin, ACT.
Shanahan
T M
TM
Dobson
R T
RT
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D000799:Angioedema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004656:Enalapril / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004656:Enalapril