Lipoprotein Lipase Inhibition in the Hyperlipemia of Acute Alcoholic Pancreatitis

Abstract

HIGH concentrations of particulate triglycerides impart a characteristic milky turbidity to the blood serum known as lactescence.¹ Lactescence of the serum in acute pancreatitis, supposedly a rare manifestation of this disorder, was first reported in 1865.² In more recent publications, however, hyperlipemia was noted in 4 to 8 per cent,^{3 4 5} and in a report from this institution,⁶ the incidence of serum lipid aberrations during the course of acute pancreatitis was found to be 53 per cent. Although different mechanisms have been offered to explain the transient hyperlipemia accompanying acute pancreatitis in man and laboratory animals⁷ the relation between pancreatitis and . . .