Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis in a previously undiagnosed ketosis-prone patient with diabetes mellitus

Vignesh Ramachandran; Diana M Vila; John M Cochran; Andrew C Caruso; Rajeev Balchandani

doi:10.1080/08998280.2018.1435123

Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis in a previously undiagnosed ketosis-prone patient with diabetes mellitus

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2018 Mar 20;31(2):189-191. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2018.1435123. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Authors

Vignesh Ramachandran¹, Diana M Vila², John M Cochran², Andrew C Caruso^{2

3}, Rajeev Balchandani^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a potentially fatal complication of diabetes mellitus that may result in hypertriglyceridemia. Rarely, the resulting hypertriglyceridemia may precipitate acute pancreatitis. We report a case of acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia precipitated by diabetic ketoacidosis and postulate that this unusual presentation is due to the patient being prone to ketosis.

Keywords: Diabetes; hypertriglyceridemia; ketoacidosis; ketosis-prone; pancreatitis.

Publication types

Case Reports