Resumen

VALENZUELA V, CATALINA; GAC E, PATRICIO  y  CABANE T, PATRICIO. Cervical angioedema. Report of one case. Rev Chil Cir [online]. 2008, vol.60, n.5, pp. 434-436. ISSN 0718-4026.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-40262008000500012.

We report a 45 years oíd woman with a history of high blood pressure and bariatric surgery that consulted for painless sweiling of the cervical región and upper chest. A CAT sean informed an extensive edema involving the lower neck and the superior anterior mediastinum and lytic lesions in the cervical spine. An angioedema was diagnosed, and edema disappeared in five days. After one month of follow up, the patient is in good conditions.

Palabras clave : Mediastinum; angioedema; edema.