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A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review
A 48-year-old male presented to the psychiatric emergency room for dysmorphic mood. He was admitted to medical service for the management of hyponatremia, which was discovered in his initial laboratory workup. After the first day of admission, he developed abdominal pain and fever, and subsequent la...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120174/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186885 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709618798399 |
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author | Gayam, Vijay Mandal, Amrendra Kumar Gill, Arshpal Khalid, Mazin Sangha, Ruby Khalid, Mowyad Garlapati, Pavani Bhattarai, Bikash |
author_facet | Gayam, Vijay Mandal, Amrendra Kumar Gill, Arshpal Khalid, Mazin Sangha, Ruby Khalid, Mowyad Garlapati, Pavani Bhattarai, Bikash |
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description | A 48-year-old male presented to the psychiatric emergency room for dysmorphic mood. He was admitted to medical service for the management of hyponatremia, which was discovered in his initial laboratory workup. After the first day of admission, he developed abdominal pain and fever, and subsequent laboratory work revealed a triglyceride level of 10 612 mg/dL (reference range = 0-194 mg/dL). Computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a hypodense lesion in the pancreas surrounded by a moderate amount of peripancreatic fluid suggestive of hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Based on the laboratory findings and imaging, we diagnosed acute pancreatitis (AP) secondary to hypertriglyceridemia. The patient was initiated on intravenous fluids and insulin to help decrease the triglyceride level with the plan to initiate apheresis. However, the patient improved on insulin therapy alone, which negated the need for apheresis, and the patient was discharged with fenofibrate with no further complications. While elevated triglycerides are a well-known cause of AP, we sought to assess various treatment options in management, especially considering a severely elevated triglyceride level of >10 000 mg/dL. Along with supportive care in AP, there are additional options in hypertriglyceridemia AP, including heparin, insulin, apheresis, antioxidants, and fibrates. Currently, there are no clear guidelines favoring one therapeutic option over the other. |
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spelling | pubmed-61201742018-09-05 A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review Gayam, Vijay Mandal, Amrendra Kumar Gill, Arshpal Khalid, Mazin Sangha, Ruby Khalid, Mowyad Garlapati, Pavani Bhattarai, Bikash J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report A 48-year-old male presented to the psychiatric emergency room for dysmorphic mood. He was admitted to medical service for the management of hyponatremia, which was discovered in his initial laboratory workup. After the first day of admission, he developed abdominal pain and fever, and subsequent laboratory work revealed a triglyceride level of 10 612 mg/dL (reference range = 0-194 mg/dL). Computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a hypodense lesion in the pancreas surrounded by a moderate amount of peripancreatic fluid suggestive of hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Based on the laboratory findings and imaging, we diagnosed acute pancreatitis (AP) secondary to hypertriglyceridemia. The patient was initiated on intravenous fluids and insulin to help decrease the triglyceride level with the plan to initiate apheresis. However, the patient improved on insulin therapy alone, which negated the need for apheresis, and the patient was discharged with fenofibrate with no further complications. While elevated triglycerides are a well-known cause of AP, we sought to assess various treatment options in management, especially considering a severely elevated triglyceride level of >10 000 mg/dL. Along with supportive care in AP, there are additional options in hypertriglyceridemia AP, including heparin, insulin, apheresis, antioxidants, and fibrates. Currently, there are no clear guidelines favoring one therapeutic option over the other. SAGE Publications 2018-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6120174/ /pubmed/30186885 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709618798399 Text en © 2018 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gayam, Vijay Mandal, Amrendra Kumar Gill, Arshpal Khalid, Mazin Sangha, Ruby Khalid, Mowyad Garlapati, Pavani Bhattarai, Bikash A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title | A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe
Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin
Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full | A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe
Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin
Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe
Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin
Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe
Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin
Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_short | A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis Due to Very Severe
Hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dL) Successfully Resolved With Insulin
Therapy Alone: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_sort | rare case of acute pancreatitis due to very severe
hypertriglyceridemia (>10 000 mg/dl) successfully resolved with insulin
therapy alone: a case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120174/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186885 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709618798399 |
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