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Lipemic serum after centrifugation.
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Blood testing disclosed milky, lipemic serum, and abnormal lipid profiles (Figure 1).
Lipemia retinalis before and after treatment. Fundus examination disclosed bilateral whitish optic discs, diffuse creamy retinal vessels in the peripheral and posterior pole OD (A), OS (B), and salmon-pink retina that were identified as signs of severe lipemia retinalis before treatment. Fundus examination depicted complete bilateral resolution of lipemic retinal vessel disease OD (C), OS (D) after treatment.. Abbreviations: OD, oculus dexter; OS, oculus sinister.
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Intriguingly, the lipemia retinalis had resolved completely in both eyes (Figures 2C and D) 3 months later.
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Lipemia retinalis before and after treatment. Fundus examination disclosed bilateral whitish optic discs, diffuse creamy retinal vessels in the peripheral and posterior pole OD (A), OS (B), and salmon-pink retina that were identified as signs of severe lipemia retinalis before treatment. Fundus examination depicted complete bilateral resolution of lipemic retinal vessel disease OD (C), OS (D) after treatment.. Abbreviations: OD, oculus dexter; OS, oculus sinister.
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Intriguingly, the lipemia retinalis had resolved completely in both eyes (Figures 2C and D) 3 months later.
Eruptive vulvar xanthomas.
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A week later, the patient was readmitted due to a rebound TG level of 56.5 mmol/L, total cholesterol of 43.7 mmol/L, and presentation of eruptive vulvar xanthomas (Figure 3).