A mistake can be made in interpreting plasma triglyceride levels since in some cases pseudohypertriglyceridaemia may result from increased plasma glycerol due to a glycerol kinase deficit. Most automated triglyceride assays used in laboratories do not contain a negative control, i.e. a glycerol assay. We report two cases with pseudohypertriglyceridaemia due to hyperglycerolaemia and describe the clinical and biological features which suggested the diagnosis.
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