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Diabetic hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis masquerading as biliary pancreatitis
1University Diabetes Treatment Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
|June 1, 2002
Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus has a profound effect on plasma lipid metabolism especially triglycerides. One complication of hypertriglyceridemia is acute pancreatitis. Here, we report a case of diabetic hypertriglyceridemia-induced recurrent acute pancreatitis that masquerades as biliary pancreatitis. Institution of insulin therapy caused a resolution of the hypertriglyceridemia and a cessation of the episodes of acute pancreatitis.