title: Acute Relapsing Pancreatitis with Pseudocyst Formation due to Sporadic Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis: A Case Report.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis is one of the common causes of the acute abdomen that should be included in any differential diagnosis for acute abdominal pain; it is also well known with its variant causes, of which most common is biliary tree stones, alcoholic pancreatitis, followed by a long list of other less common causes. We have reported a rare case of relapsing acute pancreatitis due to atypical sporadic hypertriglyceridemia (Frederickson's type IV) in a young male patient who was seen in the accident and emergency department presenting with severe agonizing abdominal pain, with history of recurrent similar attacks, which were unfortunately misdiagnosed elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mouwasat Hospital, Dammam, Eastern province Saudi Arabia ; Department of Surgery, Watford General Hospital, WD18 0HB Watford, Herts UK.
authors.forename: Sherif M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Monib
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mouwasat Hospital, Dammam, Eastern province Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Hany M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: El-Barbary
keywords: Acute abdomen; Hypertriglyceridemia; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Pancreatitis