title: [Clinical case of tongue angioedema caused by enalapril].
abstract: Reporting a case of adverse pharmacological reaction to Enalapril ingestion with severe respiratory obstruction, as outcome of lingual edema owing to tongue edema. The incidence of this condition among the population consumers of this drug accounts more or less to 1 per thousand. The cases appear at the fifth life's decade in the black population, even at the first month of treatment is when the adverse course appears and can produce a severe respiratory obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Hospital San Millán (Servicio de O.R.L.), Logroño.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lacosta Nicolás
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Cano
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez del Hoyo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000799:Angioedema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004656:Enalapril / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D013256:Steroids; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D013256:Steroids; D004656:Enalapril