A woman with low HDL cholesterol and corneal opacity
| Autor: | Angela Pinto, Elisa Benetti, Roberto Ratiglia, Tiziano Lucchi, Sara Simonelli, Laura Calabresi, Carlo Vergani, Beatrice Arosio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Low HDL-cholesterol genetic structures Photophobia medicine.medical_treatment Iron supplement Blood triglycerides Gastroenterology Body Mass Index Diagnosis Differential Corneal Opacity Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine Humans Ultrasonography business.industry Cholesterol HDL Corneal opacity Metrorrhagia Middle Aged medicine.disease eye diseases Endocrinology Mutation Emergency Medicine Female medicine.symptom business Dyslipidemia Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Internal and Emergency Medicine. 7:533-537 |
| ISSN: | 1970-9366 1828-0447 |
| Popis: | Case presentationDr. LucchiA 50-year-old woman was referred to our metabolic dis-eases clinic for high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterolin the blood. She also had corneal opacity. There was nofamily history of dyslipidemia or cardiovascular disease.She recalled that blood triglycerides had increased ontaking hormone medication for metrorrhagia, but hadnormalised after stopping treatment. The corneal opacityhad developed in adolescence, with low-light vision deficitand photophobia with snow glare. She reported mildanaemia which was attributed to the metrorrhagia, and forwhich she took periodic oral iron supplement. The rest ofher history was unremarkable.Her weight was 57 kg, BMI 21.5 kg/m |
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