Endocrine Abstracts

The combination of acute pancreatitis (AP), severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) possess a life-threatening triad. The pathogenesis of HTG is explained by insulin deficiency, but although DKA is a frequent complication in children and adolescents, this triad is rare. We report a 10-year-old girl with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) for 10 months, who presented with DKA, severe HTG and AP. Her serum was lipemic. She had HTG (1733 mg/dL) and severe ab...