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Even with an atopic, swelling may not be a sign of an allergy

Publication at Second Faculty of Medicine |
2005

Abstract

The cause of the edema can be both, primary and secondary, adjacent with a lot ofdiseases. Differential diagnosis is often difficult and multisteps.

We demonstrate thecase of a woman, whose edema, though were almost typical for hypothyreosis, resultedin the false diagnosis of allergy and hereafter to inefficient treatment. The primarymisleading diagnosis was caused both by a slow and inconspicuous development of herprimary illness and the coincidence of several disorders including atopy in which theedema is a common symptom.

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