PMC5308422_01
Patient's lipemic blood on presentation.
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Initial laboratory work-up could not be accurately interpreted due to severe lipemia (Figure 1); however, it revealed a serum level of lipase of 2470 U/L, amylase of 1000 U/L, blood glucose of 301 mg/dL, sodium of 117 meq/L, chloride of 92 meq/L, bicarbonate of 12 meq/L, aspartate transaminase of 60 U/L, alanine transaminase of 24 U/L, gamma-glutamyl transferase of 14 U/L, and alkaline phosphatase of 66 U/L.