Publication: Familial Chylomicronaemia: A Neonate with Milky White Blood
Date
2018
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Familial Chylomicronaemia is a rare autosomal recessive disease of lipoprotein metabolism characterized by deficiency or absence of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) or its co-factor apoC-II which causes severe elevation of triglyceride and chylomicron resulting in lipaemic plasma, recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis, eruptive xanthomas, hepato-splenomegaly and lipaemiaretinalis. We report a case of term female neonate with lipaemic plasma, lipemia retinalis, markedly elevated triglyceride level which is consistent with diagnosis of Familial Chylomicronaemia.
Description
Nanda Kishwor Chaudhary
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Ram Hari Chapagain
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Sani Sipai
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Suryakant Chaudhary
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Krishan Prasad Paudel
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Familial Chylomicronaemia, lipaemic plasma, triglyceride level, lipaemiaretinalis