A Patient with Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Associated with Anemia and Hypoalbuminemia

Ikuo Inoue; Hea Saeng Koh; Kasumi Mizotani; Sei-ichi Goto; Kayoko Tanaka; Fumiharu Yagasaki; Akira Matsuda; Takanori Nakajima; Tsugikazu Komada; Shigehiro Katayama

doi:10.5551/jat.10.192

Case Report

A Patient with Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Associated with Anemia and Hypoalbuminemia

Ikuo Inoue, Hea Saeng Koh, Kasumi Mizotani, Sei-ichi Goto, Kayoko Tanaka, Fumiharu Yagasaki, Akira Matsuda, Takanori Nakajima, Tsugikazu Komada, Shigehiro Katayama

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Ikuo Inoue
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Hea Saeng Koh
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Kasumi Mizotani
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Sei-ichi Goto
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Kayoko Tanaka
Department of Biomedical Research Center, Division of Morphological Science, Saitama Medical School
Fumiharu Yagasaki
First Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Akira Matsuda
First Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School
Takanori Nakajima
Department of Biochemistry, Saitama Medical School
Tsugikazu Komada
Department of Biochemistry, Saitama Medical School
Shigehiro Katayama
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School

Keywords: Anemia, Type-V hyperlipoproteinemia, LDL apheresis, Hepatic steatosis, Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2003 Volume 10 Issue 3 Pages 192-201

DOI https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.10.192

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Abstract

We report a patient with severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with anemia and hypoalbuminemia, in which the former may have caused the latter two conditions. This is the first reported case of abrupt onset of severe hypertriglyceridemia resulting in suppression of bone marrow and liver function.

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