Laryngeal Edema That Developed after Acute Myocardial Infarction

摘要

An 80-year-old man visited our hospital with a swollenlip and dysphagia. He had undergone percutaneous catheterintervention due to acute myocardial infarction and been administeredaspirin (100 mg/day), prasugrel hydrochloride(3.75 mg/day), and enalapril (2.5 mg/day) 4 weeks earlier.He did not report any dyspnea, odynophagia, rash, or abdominalpain, and his vital signs were stable. Soft tissueneck radiography and computed tomography revealed epiglottisand laryngeal edema (Picture 1, 2).