[About the further development of a 6 year old boy with essential hyperlipaemia (fat induced hypertriglyceridaemia)]

1961 the authors observed and described a rare form of Essential Hyperlipaemia seen in a 6 year old boy. On a diet poor of fat food the patient has been in good health without any complaints for the last 13 years. The disease did not show any tendency to recur. The child grew and lived through puberty quite normally. Only at the age of 19, during military service, the symptoms of the disease were noticed again. When released from the military service and put back to his usual diet his condition normalised quickly.