Hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis associated with confounding laboratory abnormalities

• Main Authors: Stephen Melnick (Author), Salik Nazir (Author), David Gish (Author), Madan Raj Aryal (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 f...