[Acute pancreatitis and hyperlipoproteinemia]

About 10 patients admitted with acute pancreatitis were also, found to have Fredrikson type V hyperlipoproteinaemia. Eight were males aged less than 45 yr. Awareness of the aetiopathogenetic and metabolic aspects of this increasingly common association and its clinical identification form the sine qua non in the prevention of recurrences via marked dietary restriction of fats.