New-onset extremely low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Abstract We report the case of a 55-year-old man who presented to the outpatient lipid clinic for his scheduled follow-up with severely low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels of new onset. Diagnostic workup showed that he was infected by visceral leishmaniasis. He was treated with liposomal...

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Published inJournal of clinical lipidology Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 593 - 595
Main Authors Agouridis, Aris P., MD, Liberopoulos, Evangelos N., MD, FRSH, FASA, Kostapanos, Michael S., MD, Elisaf, Moses S., MD, FRSH, FASA
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012
Subjects
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Antibodies, Protozoan - analysis
Biopsy
Bone Marrow - parasitology
Cardiovascular
Cholesterol, HDL - blood
Fluorobenzenes - pharmacology
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Humans
Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
Hypocholesterolemia
Leishmania donovani - isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - complications
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - diagnosis
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - drug therapy
Liposomes - administration & dosage
Male
Middle Aged
Pancytopenia - etiology
Pyrimidines - pharmacology
Rosuvastatin Calcium
Sulfonamides - pharmacology
Leishmaniasis
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
Hypocholesterolemia
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Summary:Abstract We report the case of a 55-year-old man who presented to the outpatient lipid clinic for his scheduled follow-up with severely low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels of new onset. Diagnostic workup showed that he was infected by visceral leishmaniasis. He was treated with liposomal amphotericin B and serum lipid levels returned to usual values.
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ISSN:1933-2874
1876-4789
DOI:10.1016/j.jacl.2012.06.009