PERSISTENT HYPERLIPEMIA AND HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY IN A PATIENT WITH CONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: T A HAYMOND, K BERRY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 September 1954PERSISTENT HYPERLIPEMIA AND HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY IN A PATIENT WITH CONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUSTHOMAS A. HAYMOND, M.D., KEEHN BERRY JR., M.D.THOMAS A. HAYMOND, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, KEEHN BERRY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-609 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHyperlipemia has been shown to occur in association with a number of disease states.1a Movitt et al.2 and Thannhauser1a, b have listed the conditions, and Thannhauser has written an excellent monograph on the lipidoses.1aOne of the disease states with which hyperlipemia is associated is diabetes mellitus.1a, b, 3, 4, 5Thannhauser states,1ahowever, that the hyperlipemia of diabetes "is controlled completely by insulin." Carfagno and Steiger,3in reviewing 63 cases of lipemia retinalis in the literature, to which they added one of their own, state that lipemia retinalis was seen in the diabetic patients only when they were in...Bibliography1. Thannhauser SJ (a) : Lipidoses, 1950, Oxford University Press, New York. (b) Thannhauser, S. J.: Serum lipids, their value in diagnosis, New England J. Med. 237: 515, 1948. Google Scholar2. MovittGerstlSherwoodEpstein ERBFCC: Essential hyperlipemia, Arch. Int. Med. 87: 78, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. CarfagnoSteiger SCWA: The serum lipids in lipemia retinalis, Am. J. M. Sc. 221: 379, 1951. Google Scholar4. Blix G: Diabetic lipemia, Acta med. Scandinav. 64: 142, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WarrenRoot SF: Lipoid containing cells in the spleen in diabetics with lipemia, Am. J. Path. 2: 69, 1926. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Lawrence RD: Lipodystrophy and hepatomegaly with diabetes, lipemia and other metabolic disturbances, Lancet 1: 724, 773, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. ChapmanKinney FDTD: Hyperlipemia; idiopathic lipemia, Am. J. Dis. Child. 62: 1014, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Hopgood WC: Idiopathic hyperlipemia, New England J. Med. 238: 429, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. KoszalkLevin MFJJ: Idiopathic hyperlipemia, Ann. Int. Med. 33: 473, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar10. MaimonKirsnerPalmer SNJBWL: Chronic recurrent pancreatitis; a clinic study of 20 cases, Arch. Int. Med. 81: 56, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. MentherKnight ROWA: Chronic recurrent pancreatitis, Gastroenterology 12: 24, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. King SE: The syndrome of chronic relapsing pancreatitis, M. Clin. North America 33: 883 (May) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. KlatskinGordon GM: Relationship between relapsing pancreatitis and essential hyperlipemia, Am. J. Med. 12: 3, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. SteinbrockerSpitzerFriedman ONHH: The shoulder-hand syndrome in reflex dystrophy of the upper extremity, Ann. Int. Med. 29: 22, 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar15. Poulsen HM: Familial lipemia: a new form of lipoidosis showing increase in neutral fats combined with attacks of acute pancreatitis, Acta. med. Scandinav. 138: 413, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. SchwarzWoldowDunsmore LARA: Determination of fat tolerance in patients with myocardial infarction: method utilizing serum turbidity changes following a fat meal, J. A. M. A. 149: 364 (May 24) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. ThannhauserReinstein SJH: Fatty changes in the liver from different causes: comparative studies of lipid partition, Arch. Path. 33: 646, 1942. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 3, 1953. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDiabetes mellitus und HyperlipoproteinämieDiabetes mellitus und HyperlipämiePathophysiologie der primären HypertriglyceridämienHYPERLIPEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND PANCREATITIS: A CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY*CHARLES R. TOURTELLOTTE, M.D., RUSSELL D. TYLER, M.D. 1 September 1954Volume 41, Issue 3Page: 609-616KeywordsDiabetes mellitusFatsHeparinHepatosplenomegalyHyperlipidemiaInsulinLipidsResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...