Your Name: Catherine Kirby

Theme: Lipids

OPTION LIST

A	Alcohol abuse	I	Renal failure
B	Biliary obstruction
C	Diabetes
D	Familial hypertriglyceridaemia
E	Hypothyroidism
F	Lipoprotein lipase deficiency
G	Metabolic syndrome
H	Polygenic Hypercholesterolaemia

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

1. A 53 year old overweight woman presents with hypertension (140 / 90mm Hg), a triglyceride level of 160mg / dL and a waist circumference of 39 inches. She complains of constant thirst and nocturia.

2. A 6 year old boy presents with episodic abdominal pain and recurrent acute pancreatitis. The plasma is found to have a milky appearance and chylomicrons are found in the plasma following a period of fasting.

3. A 28 year old male stock broker presents with palpitations and tension headaches. His plasma cholesterol is 7mmol / L and plasma triglycerides are measured as 30mmol /L

4. A 45 year old woman presents with a history of weight gain, constipation and bradycardia. Cholesterol measurement is 6.7 m mol / L and plasma triglycerides are measured at 9mmol/L.

5. A 56 year old jaundiced man presents with a raised cholesterol of 6.9 mmol/L.

ANSWERS

1. G

2. F

3. A

4. E

5. B