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.