Age and Ageing Advance Access originally published online on April 3, 2008
Age and Ageing 2008 37(4):479-480; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn054
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Chocolate-induced prolonged angiooedema in an elderly patient
1 Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2 Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Address correspondence to: Alagiakrishnan Kannayiram. 1259, Glenrose Hospital, 10230-111 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 0B7, Canada. Tel: +1-780-735-8800; Fax: +1-780-735-8846. Email: KAlagiakri{at}aol.com
Abstract
This report presents a 93-year-old woman with prolonged angioedema associated with diabetic chocolate and chronic angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use.
Keywords: angiooedema, elderly, chocolate, ACE inhibitor
Notes
The second author's name has been corrected.
Received 8 June 2007; accepted in revised form 11 December 2007.