[Clinical case of tongue angioedema caused by enalapril].
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.
Lacosta Nicolás
José Luis
JL
Hospital San Millán (Servicio de O.R.L.), Logroño.
García Cano
Javier
J
Sánchez del Hoyo
Antonio
A
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
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D013256:Steroids; D004656:Enalapril