Aravindan P D, Lloyd-Mostyn R H
Department of General Medicine, King's Mill Centre for Health Care Services, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, UK.
Int J Clin Pract. 2000 Sep;54(7):478-9.
Acute pancreatitis and eruptive xanthomata are the only recognised direct complications of severe hypertriglyceridaemia, although peripheral neuropathy has been described in patients with hyperlipidaemia. We describe a patient with mixed hyperlipidaemia presenting with severe scalp pain and eruptive xanthomata. Both resolved with treatment. We suspect that high triglyceride concentration can affect the function of sensory nerve fibres.
