Acute hyperlipidemic pancreatitis in pregnancy.
BACKGROUND
Pancreatitis in pregnancy remains a rare event and is most often associated with gallstone disease. Hyperlipidemic gestational pancreatitis usually occurs in women with a preexisting abnormality of the lipid metabolism and poses particular problems in diagnosis and clinical management.


METHODS
We describe 5 patients with acute episodes of pancreatitis during pregnancy caused by hyperlipidemia.


CONCLUSIONS
Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy causes significant morbidity. Even though it is often associated with gallstones, we describe 5 cases in which the etiology of the pancreatitis was maternal hyperlipidemia. Etiology, diagnosis, and management will be discussed.
Crisan
Luminita S
LS
Methodist Health System, Dallas, TX, USA.
Steidl
Erin T
ET
Rivera-Alsina
Manuel E
ME
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications*; D006954:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V / Q000150:complications; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies