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Retinal lipemia as expression of hyperchylomicronemia syndrome.

Jon Ortiz de Salido-MenchacaManuel Antonio Tazón-VarelaDavid de la Hera-VegasRosa Herreras-MartínezSergio Andrés Álvarez-AgudeloNuria Arencibia-Hernández
Published in: Colombia medica (Cali, Colombia) (2021)
Given the initial difficulty to determine the accurate triglyceride levels in this kind of patient, early visualization of milky-colored retinal vessels on a salmon-colored eye fundus can help develop an early clinical suspicion of severe hyperchylomicronemia and contribute to limit the severity of complications.
Keyphrases
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • optical coherence tomography
  • case report
  • poor prognosis
  • optic nerve
  • early onset
  • risk factors
  • binding protein
  • mass spectrometry
  • long non coding rna
  • low density lipoprotein
  • electron microscopy