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A previously undiagnosed ketosis-prone patient with diabetes mellitus developed acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis.
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Highlights a rare presentation of acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis in a ketosis-prone patient.
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May alert clinicians to this rare complication in ketosis-prone diabetes; hypothesis-generating case report that leaves broader applicability open.
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a potentially fatal complication of diabetes mellitus that may result in hypertriglyceridemia. Rarely, the resulting hypertriglyceridemia may precipitate acute pancreatitis. We report a case of acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis and postulate that this unusual presentation is due to the patient being prone to ketosis.
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Ramachandran et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis (n=1). Diabetic ketoacidosis resulting in hypertriglyceridemia was evaluated on Acute pancreatitis. A previously undiagnosed ketosis-prone patient with diabetes mellitus developed acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis.
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