We received a 14-years old girl suffering from recurrent acute attacks of abdominal pain and nausea with facial swelling and labial angioedema, reoccurring irregularly since 3 years without a clear trigger.

 A large panel of radiological and laboratory investigations could not unveil the cause of these episodes, until she was readmitted in the ward during a similar crisis with afebrile abdominal pain, face swelling and a transient crural macular rash.

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Citation

Citation: Hakim Rahmoune., et al. “Abdominal Attacks May Reveal Hereditary Angioedema!". Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders 3.9 (2020): 01-02.

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