Acute edema blisters in a hereditary angioedema cutaneous attack

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Acute edema blisters in a hereditary angioedema cutaneous attack (Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2008 May-Jun;36(3):182-3.). Authors are Fernández Romero D Di Marco P Malbrán A et al., from the Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires. Argentina. Hereditary angioedema is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by recurrent episodes of acute edema affecting the skin and the respiratory and digestive tracts. Acute edema blisters or hydro-static bullae develop after rapid accumulation of interstitial fluid usually associated to cardiac insufficiency. Lesions contain sterile fluid and break up easily resolving without scars. Blisters disappear when fluid accumulation resolves. We describe a patient developing recurrent acute edema blisters as a consequence of cutaneous hereditary angioedema attacks. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.