[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.
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