The enigma of persistent hypertriglyceridemia: A case report

Armaan Dhaliwal; Soumiya Ravi; Kanwal Bains; Anil Kumar Potharaju; Tasneem Shah

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5610

The enigma of persistent hypertriglyceridemia: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Mar 23;10(3):e05610. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5610. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Armaan Dhaliwal¹, Soumiya Ravi², Kanwal Bains³, Anil Kumar Potharaju¹, Tasneem Shah¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Arizona College of Medicine at South Campus Tucson Arizona USA.
² Dayanand Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana India.
³ Roger Williams Medical Center Providence Rhode Island USA.

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.

Keywords: MDPL; POLD1; hypertriglyceridemia; pancreatitis.

Publication types

Case Reports