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ReviewEmergency radiology2015

Hereditary angioedema: imaging manifestations and clinical management.

Mandip S Gakhal, Gregory V Marcotte

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Review in Emergency radiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  4. Burden of emergency department utilization and abdominal imaging for hereditary angioedema.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mandip S GakhalChristiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd, Newark, DE, 19718, USA, mgakhal@christianacare.org.
Gregory V Marcotte
Christiana Care Health System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary angioedema is a genetic disorder typically related to insufficient or dysfunctional C1-esterase inhibitor. Patients present with episodic swelling of various body parts, such as the face, neck, bowel, genitals, and extremities. Acute or severe symptoms can lead to patients presenting to the emergency room, particularly when the neck and abdominopelvic regions are affected, which is often accompanied by radiologic imaging evaluation. Patients with hereditary angioedema can pose a diagnostic challenge for emergency department physicians and radiologists at initial presentation, and the correct diagnosis may be missed or delayed, due to lack of clinical awareness of the disease or lack of its consideration in the radiologic differential diagnosis. Timely diagnosis of hereditary angioedema and rapid initiation of appropriate therapy can avoid potentially life-threatening complications. This article focuses on the spectrum of common and characteristic acute imaging manifestations of hereditary angioedema and provides an update on important recent developments in its clinical management and treatment.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ImagingAngioedemas, HereditaryDiagnosis, DifferentialHumans

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PMID24880254
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