CHRONIC FAMILIAL GIANT URTICARIA
Authors: J D COHEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 February 1961CHRONIC FAMILIAL GIANT URTICARIAJACK D. COHEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.JACK D. COHEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-2-331 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince 1888, when Osler recorded in detail the first full description of "hereditary angioneurotic edema," our knowledge of this baffling illness has advanced very little, if at all. The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to add another family tree to the literature, which now embraces about 40 family histories; second, to familiarize the physician with unusual aspects of this form of urticaria, and to assess therapy now available; third, to show why this disease should be considered as nonallergic.We feel that "angioneurotic" is a poor term, especially with regard to the familial variety of this disease, and...Bibliography1. Osler W: Hereditary angioneurotic edema. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 95: 362, 1888. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Griffith TW: Remarks on a case of hereditary localized edema proving fatal by laryngeal obstruction. Brit. Med. J. 1: 1470, 1902. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Morris RS (a) : Final note on case II of angioneurotic edema. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 130: 382, 1905. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Morris RS (b) : Angioneurotic oedema: report of two cases with the histology of a portion of the gastric mucosa obtained by the stomach-tube. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 128: 812, 1904. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Fairbanks AF: Hereditary oedema. Amer. J. M. Sci. 127: 877, 1904. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CrowderCrowder JRTR: Five generations of angioneurotic edema. Arch. Intern. Med. 20: 840, 1917. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Wason IM: Angioneurotic edema, report of case with necropsy findings. J. A. M. A. 86: 1332, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. DunlapLemon HFWS: The hereditary type of angioneurotic edema. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 177: 259, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LongcopeWinkenwerder WTWL: Anaphylaxis, serum disease, urticaria, and angioneurotic edema, in Nelson new loose-leaf medicine, Vol. 2, T. Nelson & Sons, New York, p. 647, 1951. Google Scholar9. Fineman AH:Hereditary angioneurotic edema. Ann. Intern. Med. 14: 916, 1940. LinkGoogle Scholar10. MacKenzie GM: Angioneurotic edema, in Cecil, R. L.: Textbook of medicine, 7th Ed., W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, pp. 550-551, 1948. Google Scholar11. Barnet AF: Hereditary angioneurotic edema. A remarkable family history. Calif. Med. 69: 376, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. SheldonSchreiberLovell JMEORG: Hereditary angioneurotic edema with a case report. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 34: 524, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. Spaulding WB: Hereditary edema in 2 families. Canad. Med. Ass. J. 73: 181-187, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. Biering A: Abdominal pains in edema. Acta med. Scandinav. 153: 373-382, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JACK D. COHEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication September 21, 1959.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jack D. Cohen, M.D., 47 Bay State Road, Boston 15, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Enigma of Prodromes in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema Report of a Large Kindred with Defect in C′1 Esterase inhibitor and Review of the LiteratureJOHN J. DENNEHY, M.D.Detection of Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema by Demonstration of a Reduction in the Second Component of Human ComplementMedical genetics 1961 1 February 1961Volume 54, Issue 2 Page: 331-335 Keywords Appendicitis Edema Eosinophilia Urticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...