[Facial swelling caused by small cell lung cancer: a rare differential diagnosis of angioedema].
Non-inflammatory swelling in the head and neck area are usually caused by allergic angioedema. However, other differential diagnoses must always be considered. Superior vena cava syndrome is a rare differential diagnosis of angioedema. Since we treated two such patients within only a few weeks of one another with the initial supposition of an ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema, but who ultimately proved to have lung cancer, we would like to draw attention to this disease pattern.
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie Otto Körner, Universität Rostock, Doberaner Strasse 137-139, 18057, Rostock, Deutschland. anne.herrmann@med.uni-rostock.de
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D000799:Angioedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*