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Query: UMLS:C0000737 (
abdominal pain
)
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are widely used in heart diseases. We describe a case of a young woman treated with fosinopril. She started experiencing
abdominal pain
, vomiting and diarrhoea with peritoneal signs on physical examination three years after her treatment has been initiated. She presented ascites and signs of ileitis on imaging studies. She even underwent surgery. The diagnosis of ACE inhibitor-induced angiooedema of the small bowel was made after the fourth episode.
Fosinopril
was stopped and the symptoms never recurred. The case we describe illustrates clinical presentation, radiological findings and difficulty of making an accurate diagnosis in such a patient.
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PMID:Transient recurrent ascites. 1734 80
