Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Pancreatitis in Pregnancy

• Main Authors: Natasha Gupta (Author), Seema Ahmed (Author), Lemuel Shaffer (Author), Paula Cavens (Author), Josef Blankstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute pancreatitis caused by severe gestational hypertriglyceridemia is a rare complication of pregnancy. Acute pancreatitis has been well associated with gallstone disease, alcoholism, or drug abuse but rarely seen in association with severe hypertriglyceridemia. Hypertriglyceridemia may occur in p...