Open AccessA 15 month - old Bangladeshi Baby With Very Severe Hypertriglyceridemia, Secondary to Glycogen Storage Disease
Author(s) -
Sharmistha Ghosal,
Bodhrun Naher,
Morium Alam Noor,
Shahidul Islam,
Md Benzamin,
Wahiduzzaman Mojumder
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kyamc journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2308-2860
pISSN - 2308-2720
DOI - 10.3329/kyamcj.v12i3.56562
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertriglyceridemia , abdominal distension , pediatrics , disease , obesity , intensive care medicine , surgery , triglyceride , cholesterol
Hypertriglyceridemia is increasingly identified in children and adolescents, due to improved screening and higher prevalence of childhood obesity. The etiologic origin can be primary (genetic) or secondary, but it is often multifactorial. Management is challenging because of the interplay of genetic and secondary causes and lack of evidence-based guidelines. In this case report a fifteen month old boy was incidentally found with hypertriglyceridemia while finding the cause of his abdominal distension and was managed with oral and intravenous medications.KYAMC Journal. 2021;12(3): 182-186