Gestational hypertriglyceridemia being a rare entity usually starts from the 2nd trimester antenatally and lipid fraction increases till 36 weeks and plateau remains postpartum for 6 months. Although lipid fraction increase during pregnancy, but severe overt hypertriglyceridemia is the result of obesity, diabetes or estrogen therapy etc. In this study, patient being obese with BMI 34.4 and known diabetic and hypertensive accounts for severe hypertriglyceridemia which brought attention during incidental findings of surgery. This study found congruent with research done by Inamdar and his co-associates.
Hypertriglyceridemia (Serum triglyceride > 1000 mg/dl) is one of the established cause of acute pancreatitis. Usually, these changes barely cause any significant symptoms unless the levels rise above the 95th centile. In our study, patient had deranged lipid fraction when she developed acute pancreatitis at 24 weeks gestation and afterwards lipid profile rose to an extent causing change in color of the blood.
Author(s) Details:
Ayesha Shahid,
Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Amna Javed,
Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Fatima Chaudhry,
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ikram,
Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Rukiya Tariq,
University of the Punjab, Pakistan.
Sana Danish,
Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
