[Osler's hereditary angioneurotic edema as rare but possible cause of false surgical acute abdomen].
The authors are presenting one case of Osler's hereditary angioneurotic oedema, rare genetic disease with dominant autosomal transmission linked to the 11-th chromosome, with clinical aspects resembling to those of surgical acute abdomen, with difficult diagnostic problems. The treatment consist in: fresh plasma administration, antihistaminic drugs and anabolic steroids. The simple laparotomy under general anaesthesia by orotraheal intubation being very dangerous. The patients with Osler's hereditary angioneurotic oedema must be followed-up by the allergology services and educated regarding the disease and it's risks to avoid diagnostic errors with following negative consequences.
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Clinica III Chirurgie, Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă Craiova, Bd. Mareşal Ion Antonescu, nr. 60, 1100, Craiova.
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000799:Angioedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome