Open AccessAngioedema due to Pomegranate: Original Image
Author(s) -
Meliha Fındık
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the annals of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-663X
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.2476
Subject(s) - medicine , angioedema , dermatology
Acute allergic angioedema is an abrupt-onset, unpredictable inflammatory reaction of the skin and mucous membranes. A 35-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with redness on the cheeks and edema in her mouth and eyelids. It was learned from the history that her symptoms were begun 15 minutes after eating a pomegranate. 40 mg methylprednisolone and 50 mg diphenhydramine were administered intravenously