A 65-year-old woman developed life-threatening angioedema after 11 years of lisinopril therapy, highlighting that ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema can occur very late in treatment.
Case Report (n=1)
ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema can occur as a life-threatening event even after 11 years of stable therapy.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) are the primary medication class implicated in drug-associated angioedema. Angioedema is most common early in ACE-I therapy, yet episodes can occur late in therapy and have been reported even as late as 10 years after single treatment initiation. We present a case of a 65-year-old African American woman who experienced 2 episodes of angioedema, with the second being life threatening after receiving several concomitant agents known to cause angioedema, most notably lisinopril for 11 years.
Norman et al. (Sun,) conducted a case report in ACE Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema (n=1). Lisinopril was evaluated on Angioedema. A 65-year-old woman developed life-threatening angioedema after 11 years of lisinopril therapy, highlighting that ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema can occur very late in treatment.