Hereditary Angioedema Presenting as Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis.

B-cell lymphoma presenting as acute pancreatitis symptoms in a child

Lymphoma which has a wide range of manifestations is the third malignancy in pediatrics. Nearly, 50% of patients have extranodal involvement. Pancreas can be affected secondarily more than primarily. A 10-year-old boy with recurrent abdominal pain in the epigastric region for six weeks was referred to Amirkola Childrenchr('39')s Hospital, affiliated to Babol University of medical sciences (nort...

Anchoring bias in a case of recurrent abdominal pain.

Keeney S, Halalau A. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221027 Description A 43-year-old man with a history of idiopathic acute pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocysts presented to the hospital with acute abdominal pain, vomiting and hypotension. He had been hospitalised on multiple occasions for recurrent, self-limited abdominal pain accompanied by hypotension. Given his history, the symp...

Initial presentation of hereditary angioedema as abdominal pain and ascites in puerperium: case report.

Hereditary angioedema is a rare genetic disorder resulting from an inherited deficiency or dysfunction of the C1 inhibitor. It is characterized by recurrent, circumscribed, and self-limiting episodes of cutaneous and mucous membrane swelling involving different organs. Hereditary angioedema may present with diverse clinical pictures, even within families with the same mutation. We present a fir...

Membranous nephropathy in a patient with hereditary angioedema: a case report

INTRODUCTION Hereditary angioedema is the commonest inherited disorder of the complement system and has been associated with several immune glomerular diseases. A case of nephrotic syndrome and renal impairment due to idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis in a patient with hereditary angioedema has not been described before. CASE PRESENTATION We present the first reported case of the assoc...

Pancreatic Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis