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Akay S, Ardic ME, Erkan N. Hypertrygliceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis Following Hyperlipidemic Abdominal Crisis. Eurasian J Med. 2011;43(2):122-4doi: 10.5152/eajm.2011.27.
Akay, S., Ardic, M. E., & Erkan, N. (2011). Hypertrygliceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis Following Hyperlipidemic Abdominal Crisis. The Eurasian journal of medicine, 43(2), 122-4. https://doi.org/10.5152/eajm.2011.27
Akay, Serhat, et al. "Hypertrygliceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis Following Hyperlipidemic Abdominal Crisis." The Eurasian journal of medicine vol. 43,2 (2011): 122-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.5152/eajm.2011.27
Akay S, Ardic ME, Erkan N. Hypertrygliceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis Following Hyperlipidemic Abdominal Crisis. Eurasian J Med. 2011 Aug;43(2):122-4. doi: 10.5152/eajm.2011.27. PMID: 25610177; PMCID: PMC4261354.
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Eurasian J Med. 2011 Aug;43(2):122-4. doi: 10.5152/eajm.2011.27.

Hypertrygliceridemia-induced Acute Pancreatitis Following Hyperlipidemic Abdominal Crisis.

The Eurasian journal of medicine

Serhat Akay, Murat Enis Ardic, Nazif Erkan

Affiliations

  1. Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.

PMID: 25610177 PMCID: PMC4261354 DOI: 10.5152/eajm.2011.27

Abstract

Hypertriglyceridemia is a well established cause of acute pancreatitis (AP). Multiple mechanism are proposed to explain this phenomenon, but the exact mechanism is unknown. Clinical manifestations are similar to other forms of AP. Although amylase and lipase levels exclude the diagnosis of AP in normolipidemic patients, they may be normal in hypertriglyceridemia-induced AP. Further evaluation with imaging studies are needed for diagnosis. A less known entity "hyperlipidemic abdominal crisis" is a prior clinical state before development to AP. We describe a young male patient without any previously diagnosed metabolic disorder presenting to emergency department with abdominal pain and vomiting where normal amylase in lactescent serum was detected. His abdomen computed tomography (CT) was reported as normal. His symptoms were relieved with antiemetic and histamine-2 blocker and he was diagnosed with hypertriglyceridemia and dyspepsia. Readmission with recurrence of symptoms after 3 hours resulted in hospitalization where the second CT showed edematous AP.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Hypertriglyceridemia; Pancreatitis

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