Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Pancreatitis in Pregnancy

Joint Authors

Cavens, Paula
Shaffer, Lemuel
Gupta, Natasha
Blankstein, Josef
Ahmed, Seema

Source

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-06-03

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Acute pancreatitis caused by severe gestational hypertriglyceridemia is a rare complication of pregnancy.

Acute pancreatitis has been well associated with gallstone disease, alcoholism, or drug abuse but rarely seen in association with severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Hypertriglyceridemia may occur in pregnancy due to normal physiological changes leading to abnormalities in lipid metabolism.

We report a case of severe gestational hypertriglyceridemia that caused acute pancreatitis at full term and was successfully treated with postpartum therapeutic plasma exchange.

Patient also developed several other complications related to her substantial hypertriglyceridemia including preeclampsia, chylous ascites, retinal detachment, pleural effusion, and chronic pericarditis.

This patient had no previous family or personal history of lipid abnormality and had four successful prior pregnancies without developing gestational hypertriglyceridemia.

Such a severe hypertriglyceridemia is usually seen in patients with familial chylomicronemia syndromes where hypertriglyceridemia is exacerbated by the pregnancy, leading to fatal complications such as acute pancreatitis.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Gupta, Natasha& Ahmed, Seema& Shaffer, Lemuel& Cavens, Paula& Blankstein, Josef. 2014. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Pancreatitis in Pregnancy. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Gupta, Natasha…[et al.]. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Pancreatitis in Pregnancy. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475392

American Medical Association (AMA)

Gupta, Natasha& Ahmed, Seema& Shaffer, Lemuel& Cavens, Paula& Blankstein, Josef. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Pancreatitis in Pregnancy. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475392

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-475392