Severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with hyperviscosity syndrome in an adult patient with acute pyelonephritisBahadır Ceylan1, Aydın Mazlum2, Şule Ceylan31Atlas Hospital Internal Medicine Clinic, Istanbul
2SSK Istanbul Training and Araşıtır Hospital Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Istanbul
3Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul
We report a case of severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with hyperviscosity syndrome in an adult patient with acute pyelonephritis. A 38-year-old-female patient presented with
headache, weakness, fever, and chest discomfort. In the case the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis suggested by fever, tenderness in left costovertebral angles on the palpation, leukocytosis, and bacteria detectable in Gram-stained unspun urine. On hospital admissions routine laboratory examinations showed a severe hyperlipidemia with serum triglyceride levels of 6910 mg/dl. A antibiotic therapy with quinolone was initiated and resulted in a prompt decrease in the serum lipid levels. In conclusion our case report suggest that during infection plasma triglyceride levelsi increase and hyperviscosity syndrome may ocur in the patient with hypertriglyceridemia type IV. Keywords: Hypertriglyceridemia, hyperviscosity syndrome, acute pyelonephritis
Akut piyelonefritli eriflkin bir hastada hipervizkozite ile seyreden ciddi hipertrigliseridemiBahadır Ceylan1, Aydın Mazlum2, Şule Ceylan31Atlas Hastanesi İç Hastalıkları Kliniği, İstanbul
2SSK İstanbul Eğitim ve Araşıtırma Hastanesi Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği, İstanbul
3Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nükleer Tıp Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
Anahtar Kelimeler: Hipertrigliseridemi, hiperviskozite sendromu, akut piyelonefrit
Bahadır Ceylan, Aydın Mazlum, Şule Ceylan. Severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with hyperviscosity syndrome in an adult patient with acute pyelonephritis. Medeniyet Med J. 2007; 22(1): 40-42
Corresponding Author: Bahadır Ceylan, Türkiye |
|