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An Infant with Milky Blood : An Unusual but Treatable Case of Familial Hyperlipidemia

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Hyperlipidemia is increasing prevalent risk factor in children, concomitant with worldwide epidemic of obesity. Lipid disorder can occur either as primary event or secondary to an underlying disease. The primary dyslipidemia are associated with overproductions/or impaired removal of lipoprotein. The latter defect can be induced by an abnormality in either the lipoprotein itself or in the lipoprotein receptor. A 2 month old male baby was found to have highly viscous and milky serum. S. Cholesterol was 2,200 mg/dl and triglycerides 13,292 mg%. There was no dysmorphic feature. Child was anemic and had hepatosplenomegaly and xanthomas. There was positive history of hyperlipidemia in first maternal cousin. Parents of index case had normal lipid profile. The child was put on lipid lowering agents, Iron drops, medium chain fatty acid.

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    Om Shankar Chaurasiya, Lalit Kumar & Rohit Shamsher Sethi

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Chaurasiya, O.S., Kumar, L. & Sethi, R.S. An Infant with Milky Blood : An Unusual but Treatable Case of Familial Hyperlipidemia. Ind J Clin Biochem 28, 206–209 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-012-0285-9

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