Clinical Characteristics of Idiopathic Angioedema

Nonhistaminergic idiopathic angioedema: clinical response to icatibant.

Clinical Characteristics of Angioedema With Eosinophilia

Angioedema with eosinophilia (AE) is a very rare allergy disease, case reports of which have been published sporadically since 1984. Here, we retrospectively analyzed the clinical features of 10 AE patients in Korea. Nine of the 10 subjects were young females, ranging from 23 to 38 years old. Twenty percent of the subjects had episodic-type AE with high serum IgM and eosinophil counts, while 80...

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Misdiagnosed as Hereditary Angioedema

Hereditary angioedema is a rare, but potentially life-threatening genetic disorder that results from an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterized by acute, recurrent attacks of severe local edema, most commonly affecting the skin and mucosa. Swelling in hereditary angioedema patients does however not always have to be caused by angioedema but can relate to other concomitant disorders. In th...

Idiopathic non-histaminergic acquired angioedema: a case series and discussion of published clinical trials

BACKGROUND Idiopathic non-histaminergic acquired angioedema (InH-AAE) is a rare disease for which there are no available laboratory parameters to clearly define the disorder. Therapy is often difficult and various treatment options have been proposed. In this paper, we have evaluated the most effective therapies for InH-AAE on the basis of current literature and report the therapeutic effect of...

Clinical characteristics of idiopathic ulcerative colitis in children.

INTRODUCTION Idiopathic ulcerative colitis (IUC) represents a rare disease of childhood. It usually occurs at age over 10 years, and below that exceptionally rarely. OBJECTIVE The aim of the paper was to analyze the clinical signs, symptoms and therapeutic procedures in children with IUC. METHODS The aims of the paper were based on a sample of 17 children (11 male and 6 female, mean age 11....