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15534935

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
We present two diagnostically challenging cases of acute pancreatitis with hypertriglyceridemia accompanied with chylomicronemia caused with a deficiency of lipoprotein lipase and with the presence of type V hyperlipidemia. Both cases suffered from acute abdomen following the ingestion of fatty food and revealed the increase in parameters of inflammation without significant elevation of serum amylase levels. The imaging examination of ultrasonography could not detect significant findings of acute pancreatitis and a computer tomography scan eventually confirmed the findings of acute pancreatitis. Both cases responded to a low fat diet and administration of a cholecystokinin receptor antagonist, exhibiting a relief of abdominal symptoms. As in the present cases with acute abdomen following the ingestion of fatty food, the identification of serum hypertriglyceridemia and an abdominal computer tomography scan might be useful in establishing the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis and in developing the therapeutic regimen, when hypertriglyceridemia interferes with the evaluation of pancreatic enzyme activities and ultrasound examination provides poor pancreatic visualization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1007-9327
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3691-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic evaluation of acute pancreatitis in two patients with hypertriglyceridemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka Dental College Hospital, 2-15-1, Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan. okuray@college.fdcnet.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports