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An Acute Edematous Pancreatitis Case Developed On The Basis Of HypertriglyceridemiaTuncay Aslan, Abdulsamet Erden, Hatice Karagoz, Samet Karahan, Fatma Aykas, Emine Uslu, Hasan Mutlu, Ahmet Karaman. Abstract | | | | Hypertriglyceridemia is an important and under-diagnosed etiology of acute non-biliary pancreatitis. There has been no standardized protocol to treat these patients. Our patient is a case of an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus using oral antidiabetic and fenofibrate with a history of dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The patient was performed a treatment protocol consisting a combination of insulin and heparin for to stimulate lipoprotein-lipase activity. All the values of the patient recovered at the end of the treatment. Our goal is to present a case of acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia, differential diagnosis and treatment approach.
Key words: Hypertriglyceridemia, pancreatitis, treatment
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