Therapeutic plasma exchange in secondary prevention of acute pancreatitis in pregnant patient with familial hyperchylomicronemia

Familial hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis: A case report

Acutepancreatitis can infrequently be a life-threatening complication of hypertriglyceridemia. Rarely, hypertriglyceridemia can originate from an inborn genetic error in lipoproteins metabolism. This condition can be manifested by very high serum triglyceride levels (>1000 mg/dl) and a more severe and lethal form of pancreatitis. Here, we present a case of acute pancreatic which was found out t...

Plasma exchange in hypertriglyceridaemic acute pancreatitis: case report

Severe hypertriglyceridaemia, defined as above 1000mg/dl, is the third most common cause of acute pancreatitis, and a potentially life -threatening condition. The prognosis depends greatly on our ability to rapidly reduce serum triglycerides concentration. We report a case of a 41 -year -old male admitted to our Emergency Department with symptoms of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain in the ri...

Therapeutic approach and prevention in recurrent acute biliary pancreatitis.

OBJECTIVES Acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) is caused by alteration of the papillary patency. The normal transpapillar flux and the cleaning of the common biliary duct (CBD) may prevent potentially avoidable recurrent pancreatitis. METHODS In the period September 1997/December 2008 we have treated 224 ABP (34 severe, 190 mild/moderate): 162 (72,4%) with the first attack, 62 (27.6%) with recur...

Occurrence of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia in a Patient with Breast Cancer after Chemotherapy

Acute hyperlipidemic pancreatitis in a pregnant woman.

BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis is a serious complication during pregnancy, however the incidence of hyperlipidemia induced by pancreatitis is lower. METHODS We treated a pregnant woman with hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute gestational pancreatitis who simultaneously developed hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). RESULTS The woman was successfully treated through noninvasive positi...