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Hemorrhagic pancreatitis in a patient with glycogen storage disease type I
Author(s) -
Michels Virginia V.,
Beaudet Arthur L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1980.tb00136.x
Subject(s) - pancreatitis , medicine , abdominal pain , hyperlipidemia , complication , disease , glycogen storage disease , acute pancreatitis , surgery , gastroenterology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
A 17–year‐old female with glycogen storage disease type I (GSD‐I) died suddenly with hemorrhagic pancreatitis. She had a long‐standing history of hyperlipidemia that did not respond to a regimen of frequent daytime and nocturnal intragastric feeding. Although pancreatitis is a well‐known complication of hyperlipidemia, there are no reports to our knowledge of pancreatitis causing sudden death in patients with GSD‐I. Pancreatitis must be added to the growing list of complications that can occur in long‐term survivors with GSD‐I, and should be considered when these patients present with abdominal pain.