title: Hypertriglyceridemia Thalassemia Syndrome: Common Disease, Uncommon Association.
abstract: Hypertriglyceridemia has been rarely described with thalassemia, an entity called hypertriglyceridemia-thalassemia syndrome. The authors describe a young infant diagnosed with thalassemia major with severe hypertriglyceridemia. The presence of severe hypertriglyceridemia in this child which rapidly resolved after transfusion, probably suggests a self limited mechanism which may not require therapy. Though hypertriglyceridemia has been reported with hemolytic anemias, the mechanism is unclear. This case illustrates that thalassemia may be associated with hypertriglyceridemia; once familial and secondary causes are ruled out, clinicians may wait for spontaneous resolution before considering specific therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, Orissa, India.
authors.forename: Lipsa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, Orissa, India. madhu_1511@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Madhusudan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samprathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, Orissa, India.
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.
authors.forename: Debapriya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 751019, Orissa, India.
authors.forename: Rashmi Ranjan
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D013577:Syndrome; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications*; D017086:beta-Thalassemia
keywords: Hypertriglyceridemia; Thalassemia