Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Comparison of the Frequency of Angioedema Attack, before and during Pregnancy, in a Patient with Type I Hereditary Angioedema
Atsushi SatomuraTakayuki FujitaTomohiro Nakayama
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2018 Volume 57 Issue 5 Pages 751-755

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The patient was a 38-year-old Japanese woman who had been diagnosed with hereditary angioedema type I at 7 years of age based on her family history. She had undergone four pregnancies. She gave birth to a healthy baby girl after her first pregnancy and had reported few episodes of angioedema. However, she subsequently required abortions due to frequent angioedema episodes that occurred during her three subsequent pregnancies. Thus, our patient showed two clinical pregnancy courses. After treating her with C1-inhibitor concentrate, her symptoms of angioedema disappeared. The preventive use of C1 inhibitor concentrates should be considered in hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients with frequent angioedema attacks during pregnancy.

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