Hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis associated with confounding laboratory abnormalities
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Hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis associated with confounding laboratory abnormalities
We present the case of a 36-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with epigastric abdominal pain and tenderness. Laboratory evaluation identified high lipase, normal amylase, pseudohyponatremia, and relatively falsely low triglyceride levels (initial value of 2,329 mg/dl which on repeat was found to have corrected value of >10,000 mg/dl). The overall clinical picture was consistent with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2000-9666
DOI: 10.3402/jchimp.v6.31808