Introduction
Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common diagnoses in the emergency room for acute abdominal pain.1 Many causative agents have been recognized in development of acute pancreatitis including gallstone, alcohol, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, some metabolic conditions, infection and hypertriglyceridemia.2 Even though there is no consensus on diagnostic threshold of triglyceride level, nonfasting triglyceride levels greater than 177mg/dl (2mmol/l) are considered a risk factor of acute pancreatitis.3
Acute appendicitis is a leading surgical reason for patients to visit emergency department. 1 Acute appendicitis is typically caused by direct luminal obstruction, or infection and may be influenced by genetic or environmental factors, but largely remains unknown.4
In this brief case report, we present a 39-year-old patient who presented with acute pancreatitis due to hypertriglyceridemia who concurrently developed acute appendicitis.