Massive hypertriglyceridemia associated with paclitaxel; a case report

• Main Authors: Anojian Koneshamoorthy (Author), Danielle Hulse (Author), Chia Yuen Chong (Author), Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy (Author), Sumitra Ananda (Author), Peter S. Hamblin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This report describes a patient who developed massive hypertriglyceridemia (12,488 mg/dL or 141 mmol/L) during paclitaxel and carboplatin adjuvant chemotherapy for high grade serous fallopian tube carcinoma. Paclitaxel was thought to be the causative agent and she had normal triglyceride levels foll...