Rare Case of Surviving Infant with Strawberry Yoghurt like Blood Diagnosed to Be Infantile Hypertriglyceridemia at 1 Month Old: A Case Report
Rare Case of Surviving Infant with Strawberry Yoghurt like Blood Diagnosed to Be Infantile Hypertriglyceridemia at 1 Month Old: A Case Report作者机构：Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College Moshi Tanzania Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Moshi Tanzania Department of Clinical Laboratory Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Moshi Tanzania
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Pediatrics》 (儿科学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第11卷第4期
页 面：777-785页
学科分类：07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学]
主 题：Strawberry Yoghurt Like Blood Hypertriglyceridemia Tanzania
摘 要：Background: Hypertriglyceridemia in children means increased plasma fasting Triglyceride levels above the 95th percentile for age and sex. For children aged 0 to 9 years, a triglyceride level greater than or equal to 100 mg/dl is considered above the 95th percentile. Hypertriglyceridemia can be mild to borderline high, moderate to high, very high, severe and very severe (2000 mg/dl).We present the case of a 1month and 3 weeks old baby who presented with difficulty in breathing. It was accidentally found to have strawberry yoghurt like blood during phlebotomy, of which upon investigation had very high triglyceride levels of 2000 mg/dl. Case Presentation: 1 month and 3weeks old female baby, admitted as referral from nearby health centre presenting with difficulty in breath, her blood sample was incidentally found to appear as strawberry yoghurt like. Clinically the infant had features suggestive of respiratory distress, with no other systemic abnormalities noted. Chest X-ray that was don
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