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Neonatal ileal resection linked to unusually low LDL cholesterol in familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case highlights how distal ileal resection, historically used to treat severe hypercholesterolaemia, resulted in unusually low LDL cholesterol in a child with familial hypercholesterolaemia.
A boy in early childhood with genetically confirmed familial hypercholesterolaemia was found to have an unusually low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. He had undergone a distal ileal resection and right hemicolectomy for ileal atresia and microcolon in the neonatal period. This case serves as a reminder of the surgical interventions sometimes used to treat severe hypercholesterolaemia in the pre-statin era.
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Weidinger et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Familial hypercholesterolaemia (n=1). Distal ileal resection and right hemicolectomy was evaluated on Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. A boy with familial hypercholesterolaemia exhibited unusually low LDL cholesterol levels following a neonatal distal ileal resection and right hemicolectomy.
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