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Small Bowel Angioedema Secondary to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

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Journal Cureus
Specialty Biomedical Engineering
Date 2017 Jan 31
PMID 28133581
Citations 1
Authors
Faisal Inayat
Abu Hurairah
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Abstract

Small bowel angioedema induced by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is a rare clinicopathologic entity. It frequently poses a diagnostic challenge and is often not recognized before surgical exploration. The present study illustrates that clinical awareness for this condition and adequate use of radiologic investigations can help make the correct diagnosis of ACE inhibitor-associated angioedema, thus avoiding the cost and morbidity associated with unnecessary interventions.

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