Acute pancreatitis is rare cause in pregnancy and gallstones are clearly the most common cause of pancreatitis during pregnancy. Only a small percentage of women with acute pancreatitis are associated with hypertriglyceridemia and it is most often noted during the last two trimesters of pregnancy. Hypertriglyceridemia is a rare cause of pancreatitis in pregnant women and complication such as pancreatitis carries a higher risk of mortality for both the mother and the fetus. Our purpose was to report our experience with acute pancreatitis as a lethal complication of hypertriglyceridemia during the third trimester of pregnancy.
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Kayatao, S. E., Eser, M., Cam, C., Cogendez, E., & Guzin, K. (2010). Acute pancreatitis associated with hypertriglyceridemia: A life-threatening complication. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 281(3), 427–429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-1183-0
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