https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2011.2.10

Onset of angioedema following a viper bite: different options for diagnostic procedure in an emergency department

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2011)
Submitted: 9 January 2013
Accepted: 9 January 2013
Published: 29 June 2011
Angioedema, Viper bite, Emergency department
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Alessandro Riccardi
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Pronto Soccorso e Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Pierangela Minuto
Pronto Soccorso e Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Anna Da Col
Pronto Soccorso e Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Viviana Panunzio
Immunoematologia e Medicina Trasfusionale, ASL 2 Savonese, Savona, Italy.
Roberto Lerza
Pronto Soccorso e Medicina e Chirurgia d’Accettazione e d’Urgenza, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
The unexpected onset of an angioedema in a patient observed in the emergency department after a viper bite, gave the opportunity to consider some different etiopathogenetic hypothesis and to discuss the most correct diagnostic procedure. The patient was a 60-year-old man who was treated with sartans for hypertension and reported a recent diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance. Based on the patient history and on the clinical aspects of the angioedema, the authors consider the possibility of an acquired non-allergic angioedema and its probable close relationship with a lymphoproliferative disorder.

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Riccardi, A., Minuto, P., Da Col, A., Panunzio, V., & Lerza, R. (2011). Onset of angioedema following a viper bite: different options for diagnostic procedure in an emergency department. Emergency Care Journal, 7(2), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2011.2.10

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