Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2022)

The enigma of persistent hypertriglyceridemia: A case report

  • Armaan Dhaliwal,
  • Soumiya Ravi,
  • Kanwal Bains,
  • Anil Kumar Potharaju,
  • Tasneem Shah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5610
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract A patient with a history of Mandibular hypoplasia, Deafness, Progeroid Features Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome (MDPL), familial lipodystrophy presented with hypertriglyceridemia induced pancreatitis with triglycerides in the 3000s. This lipodystrophy occurs due to a mutation in the POLD1 gene (DNA polymerase delta 1). MDPL, hypertriglyceridemia, pancreatitis, POLD1.

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