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Two siblings with familial chylomicronemia syndrome: disease course and effectiveness of early treatment.

ABSTRACT: There are no adequate data that evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lowering triglyceride levels in very young children. The authors report a family with two male siblings, 7 and 4 years old, affected by familial hyperchylomicronemia. The oldest was diagnosed at birth during evaluation of jaundice, and the youngest showed asymptomatic hypertriglyceridemia by 6 months of age. Due to high triglyceride levels, Gemfibrozil (a fibric acid derivative) was started at diagnosis. Close clinical followup and laboratory monitoring of these children showed no side effects from the drug, and the risk of acute pancreatitis was significantly reduced.

SUBMITTER: Al Azkawi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3014837 | biostudies-other | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Two siblings with familial chylomicronemia syndrome: disease course and effectiveness of early treatment.

Al Azkawi Hanan H   Alalwan Ibrahim I  

Case reports in medicine 20101227

There are no adequate data that evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lowering triglyceride levels in very young children. The authors report a family with two male siblings, 7 and 4 years old, affected by familial hyperchylomicronemia. The oldest was diagnosed at birth during evaluation of jaundice, and the youngest showed asymptomatic hypertriglyceridemia by 6 months of age. Due to high triglyceride levels, Gemfibrozil (a fibric acid derivative) was started at diagnosis. Close clinical foll  ...[more]

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