2011, Number 1
Pancreatitis aguda por hipertrigliceridemia
Brizuela ADC, Pérez GO, Uribe EM, Lizardi CJ
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Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background. Hypertrigliceridemia (HTG) has been reported as an infrequent cause of acute pancreatitis, with an incidence of 1 to 4%. Serum triglyceride levels › 1,000 mg/dL are usually needed to trigger acute pancreatitis. In our environment there is little information about the clinical course of these groups of patients. Objective. Describing demographic, clinical, biochemical and radiologic characteristics of patients with pancreatitis HTG. Material and methods. We reviewed the medical records of patients with acute pancreatitis who atended Fundación Clínica Médica Sur in a period between January 2006 to July 2009. We identified patients with HTG pancreatitis were determined demographic, clinical, biochemical and radiological characteristics. Descriptive statistics was used for analysis. Results. From a total of 95 patients with acute pancreatitis 10 (10.5%) were secondary to HTG. Average levels of triglycerides were 5,036 mg/dL (1 699-10,104 mg/dL). The severity was classified as 80% behaved as mild, none received surgical treatment, an abdominal CT scan was performed in 6 patients [Balthazar A (1), C (4), D (1)]. Complications were observed in 30% with mortality of 0%. Conclusions. The prevalence of hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis in this study was 10%, above the previously reported in literature.REFERENCES