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Case Reports
. 2019 Sep 12;6(9):e00222.
doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000222. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Isolated Intestinal Angioedema Secondary to a Food Allergen

Ammar Hassan  1 , Simcha Weissman  2 , Michael A Sciarra  1 , John Sotiriadis  1
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Case Reports

Isolated Intestinal Angioedema Secondary to a Food Allergen

Ammar Hassan et al. ACG Case Rep J. .

Abstract

Intestinal angioedema is the dilatation or thickening, or both, of a segment of bowel. It is a diagnostic phenomenon that manifests itself clinically as acute abdominal pain, diarrhea, and emesis. Generally, this condition occurs in tandem with angioedema of the face and tongue and/or in association with the use of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I). We present a rare case of a 63-year-old woman who developed isolated intestinal angioedema due to the ingestion of a food allergen.

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Figure 1.
Abdominal and pelvic computed tomography showing (A) diffuse thickening of the small bowel and colonic walls and (B) the presence of mucosal enhancement and submucosal edema.
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