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CES Medicina
versión impresa ISSN 0120-8705
Resumen
GONZALEZ-ARANGO, Juanita et al. Xanthomas, the key piece for the diagnosis of a severe hypertriglyceridemia. CES Med. [online]. 2019, vol.33, n.1, pp.60-67. ISSN 0120-8705. https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.33.1.7.
Severe hypertriglyceridemia is a rare entity that presents complications ranging from eruptive xanthomas and lipemia retinalis to pancreatitis, which can be fatal. There are no absolute values of triglyceride levels with which patients develop complications, so it is difficult to determine the need for in-hospital management in asymptomatic patients. We present the case of a 47-year-old patient with severe hypertriglyceridemia, who presented generalized xanthomas as the only clinical sign. A discussion of the topic and review of the literature is made.
Palabras clave : Hypertriglyceridemia; Eruptive xanthomas; Pancreatitis.