Intestinal angioneurotic edema
Background: This 38-year-old female patient presented at the emergency department with subacute low abdominal pain for 3 days. There was little abdominal tenderness, but no signs of peritonitis. Her blood results showed little inflammation with mild leukocytosis 13.0 (3.5-11.0 x 10*3/µL) and mild CR...
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doaj-dca9263e6a6a4590a542b6ce583b6f302020-11-24T21:01:28ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812014-05-0197316216310.5334/jbr-btr.6161Intestinal angioneurotic edemaC Mai0B Claikens1P Van Wettere2Department of Radiology, AZ Damiaan, Oostende, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology, AZ Damiaan, Oostende, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology, AZ Damiaan, Oostende, BelgiumBackground: This 38-year-old female patient presented at the emergency department with subacute low abdominal pain for 3 days. There was little abdominal tenderness, but no signs of peritonitis. Her blood results showed little inflammation with mild leukocytosis 13.0 (3.5-11.0 x 10*3/µL) and mild CRP elevation 44 (< 5 mg/L). The patient had a CT scan of the abdomen on the same day. The day after, a colonoscopy was performed which was perfectly normal. Because the discrepancy between the findings on CT scan, biochemistry and colonoscopy, the patient underwent an explorative laparoscopy, which showed a normal colon. Two days after the initial CT scan, a control CT scan was performed.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/61Intestinesdiseases |
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Intestinal angioneurotic edema |
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology |
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Background: This 38-year-old female patient presented at the emergency department with subacute low abdominal pain for 3 days. There was little abdominal tenderness, but no signs of peritonitis. Her blood results showed little inflammation with mild leukocytosis 13.0 (3.5-11.0 x 10*3/µL) and mild CRP elevation 44 (< 5 mg/L). The patient had a CT scan of the abdomen on the same day. The day after, a colonoscopy was performed which was perfectly normal. Because the discrepancy between the findings on CT scan, biochemistry and colonoscopy, the patient underwent an explorative laparoscopy, which showed a normal colon. Two days after the initial CT scan, a control CT scan was performed. |
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