%0 Journal Article
%T Angioedema hereditario
%A Osorio
%A Hugo Ernesto
%A Rodr¨ªguez
%A Jairo Antonio
%J Acta Medica Colombiana
%D 2012
%I Asociacion Colombiana de Medicina Interna
%X a 46 year-old woman affected by familiar, recurrent episodes of skin lesions with painful, occasionally pruriginous angioedema who had been hospitalized because of laryngeal compromise is presented. laboratory results include c3: 165.5 mg/dl, c4: 1 mg/dl, ch50 < 256 units, and c1 inhibidor 38 mg/dl. hereditary angioedema type i is diagnosed, patient is currently on treatment with anti-fibrynolytic and androgen, obtaining clinical improvement. a clinical emphasis in the diagnosis of hereditary angioedema is performed since misdiagnosis of this disease may lead to death as it happened to two patients's relatives. (acta med colomb 2012; 37: 34-37).
%K hereditary angioedema
%K complement c1 inhibitor protein.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-24482012000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en