Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-induced gastrointestinal angioedema: A case series and literature review

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 844-849

  Benson, Brian C ^a   Smith, Carin ^a   Laczek, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor induced angioedema; angioedema; angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; bowel wall thickening; gastrointestinal angioedema

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENAZEPRIL; BRADYKININ; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FOSINOPRIL; LISINOPRIL; TEMOCAPRIL; VALSARTAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASCITES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ANGIOEDEMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANGIOEDEMA; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASCITES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 84886581765     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318299c69d     Document Type: Review

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