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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 12;35(1):58-59.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2021.1960123. eCollection 2022.

Management of asymptomatic severe hypertriglyceridemia

Nathalie V Scherer  1 , Dipesh Bista  2
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Case Reports

Management of asymptomatic severe hypertriglyceridemia

Nathalie V Scherer et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). .

Abstract

Severe hypertriglyceridemia is an urgent presentation that requires acute treatment. We present a rare case that could not be controlled by medical management and required plasmapheresis.

Keywords: Plasmapheresis; severe hypertriglyceridemia; therapeutic plasma exchange; triglycerides.

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Figure 1.
The first plasmapheresis with plasma that was thick and milky white in color.
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