Hereditary angioedema may not be the only cause of abdominal pain in patients with hereditary angioedema!

• Main Authors: Ozgur Kartal, Sevket Arslan, Mustafa Gulec, Ahmet Zafer Caliskaner, Abdullah Baysan, Nail Ersoz, Ugur Musabak, Osman Sener
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cukurova University 2016-09-01
• Series: Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
• Subjects: Hereditary angioedema; danazol; colon cancer; abdominal pain; differential diagnosis
• Online Access: http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=207619

Abdominal pain is one of the basic clinical presentations of the hereditary angioedema and danazol is a common medicine which has been used for long years in patients with hereditary angioedema. We present two hereditary angioedema patients with abdominal pain albeit under danazol treatment, whose final diagnoses was colon carcinoma. There are two consequences in this article which shall be insisted on: First; in patients with hereditary angioedema, the differential diagnosis of and ldquo;abdominal pain and rdquo; is always important even though hereditary angioedema diagnosis exists. And the second; It can be hardy speculated that long term danazol treatment may cause different malignancies. [Cukurova Med J 2016; 41(3.000): 567-569]