Chronic ACE-Inhibitor Induced Angioedema Requiring Emergent Nasotracheal Intubation: A Case Report

ACE Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema of the Bowel

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor ACEI-induced angioedema of the intestine is a rare occurrence and often unrecognized complication of ACEI. We present a case of a 45-year-old Hispanic female with angioedema of the small bowel progressing to facial and oral pharyngeal angioedema. Patients are typically middle-aged females on ACEI therapy who present to the emergency department with abdomi...

Potentially lethal ACE-inhibitor-induced angioedema in a child

We report a case of a 9-year-old female with known end-stage kidney disease who presented with sudden onset tongue swelling. A diagnosis of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema related to bradykinin accumulation was made. Her symptoms resolved shortly after discontinuation of captopril. Early diagnosis can save patients from severe upper airway obstruction.

ACE Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema following Cervical Spine Surgery

Angioedema is a well-known side effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi). However, ACE inhibitors induced angioedema after cervical surgery is a rare condition. They result in increased levels of circulating bradykinins. Rare cases of angioedema following local trauma in patients using ACE inhibitors have been published. We present such a case. A 54-year-old Caucasian female wi...

Visceral Angioedema Induced by Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor: Case Report

INTRODUCTION Intestinal angioedema is a rare adverse effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. CLINICAL CASE A 42-year old woman presented to the Emergency Department complaining of diffuse abdominal pain, predominantly in the right quadrants, with no other associated symptoms. She had been started on perindopril plus indapamide 72 h before the admission for arterial hypertension. T...

Nasotracheal intubation.