Rash, abdominal pain and hyponatraemia.
Hypertriglyceridaemia is a rare precipitant of acute pancreatitis. We present a patient with acute pancreatitis and hyponatraemia in association with severe hyperlipidaemia, predominantly hypertriglyceridaemia. The patient was successfully treated with plasma exchange therapy.
Raza
M N
MN
Renal Unit and Department of Surgery, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester.
Tikkisetty
B
B
Lagattolla
N
N
Taylor
J E
JE
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D010951:Plasma Exchange