title: Hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis in pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hypertriglyceridemia is a well known phenomenon of pregnancy occurring due to physiologic changes in sex hormone levels. Occasionally, it could lead to development of acute pancreatitis. Gestational hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis occurs in pregnant women usually with preexisting abnormalities of the lipid metabolism and is associated with additional diagnostic and therapeutic challenges related to hypertriglyceridemia and pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of the hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis in pregnant woman with no previous history of lipid abnormality and pregnancy as the only known triggering factor for hypertriglyceridemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis is a rare complication of pregnancy; however, it should be suspected in all pregnant patients admitted for nonobsteric abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University. Vilnius, Lithuania. mindaugas.serpytis@santa.lt
authors.forename: Mindaugas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serpytis
authors.forename: Vytautas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karosas
authors.forename: Rokas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tamosauskas
authors.forename: Jurate
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dementaviciene
authors.forename: Kestutis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Strupas
authors.forename: Audrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sileikis
authors.forename: Jurate
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sipylaite
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed