[Successful treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia with plasmapheresis--case report].

Pol Merkur Lekarski

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Poznaniu, Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Zaburzeń Metabolicznych i Nadciśnienia Tetniczego.

Published: January 2009

Presented case report shows hypertriglycerydemia treatment problem in 26-year-old woman with 2 episodes of acute pancreatitis history. Very high serum triglycerides concentration and clinical symptoms suggested chylomicronemia syndrome with urgent need for treatment. After a course of several subsequent therapeutic plasmapheresis triglycerides significantly decreased. Safety and effectiveness of this method was confirmed.

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