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Transient massive hyperlipidaemia in a type 2 diabetic subject
A 50-year-old man, in apparently good health, was referred
to the Lipid Center of San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital,
Orbassano (Turin, Italy), by his primary care physician
(PCP) because clinical tests at the time of blood donation
showed milky plasma with serious hypertriglyceridaemia
(>5000 mg/dl) and hyperglycaemia (381 mg/dl), diagnostic
for diabetes. It was not possible to perform further blood
chemical analyses because hypertriglyceridaemia would
have provided abnormal results. The patient entered the hospital to prevent acute pancreatitis, which is often associated
with severe hypertriglyceridaemi