Lipemic serum in hyperlipidemic pancreatitis

BACKGROUND: A 37 year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of six hour diffuse abdominal pain accompanied by persistent vomiting. CASE REPORT: The patient had a heavy meal a few hours before. There were no signs of peritonitis. Routine laboratory examinations revealed leukocytos...

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Autores principales: Michalakis, Konstantinos, Basiakou, Eleni, Xanthos, Theodoros, Ziakas, Panagiotis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-198
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: A 37 year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of six hour diffuse abdominal pain accompanied by persistent vomiting. CASE REPORT: The patient had a heavy meal a few hours before. There were no signs of peritonitis. Routine laboratory examinations revealed leukocytosis, hyperglycemia and hyperamylasemia (serum amylase: 380 mg/dl, urinary amylase: 1150 mg/dl). CONCLUSION: The lipid profile revealed an impressive elevation of triglycerides (4800 mg/dl) and cholesterol (1009 mg/dl) levels. The serum was extremely lipemic. The abdomen computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis of pancreatitis.

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