Korean J Intern Med.
2001 Dec;16(4):281-283.
A case of Hereditary Angioedema Associated with Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Hereditary angioedema is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by the edema of subcutaneous tissues, respiratory tract and bowel. It is caused by the deficiency of C1 esterase inhibitor. Hereditary angioedema may be associated with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune thyroiditis and glomerulonephritis. We report a 34-year-old male patient with hereditary angioedema who developed idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Autoimmunity seems to be an important basis of this association and it might be caused by the immune dysfunction due to decreased level of complements; nevertheless, a casual association could not be excluded. To our knowledge, this is the first report of hereditary angioedema in association with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism in the medical literature.
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