Hyperlipidemia differential diagnosis

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Primary causes

 * Familial apolipoprotein C-II deficiency
 * Familial combined hyperlipidemia
 * Familial hypertriglyceridemia
 * Familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency
 * Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency
 * Sporadic hypertriglyceridemia

Secondary causes

 * Acromegaly
 * Cushing's syndrome
 * Acute hepatitis
 * Diabetes mellitus (moderate)
 * Alcohol
 * Medications
 * Beta blockers (but not those with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity)
 * Bile acid–binding resins
 * Cimetidine
 * Estrogen or oral contraceptive therapy
 * Glucocorticoids
 * Isotretinoin
 * Thiazides
 * Connective tissue disorder
 * Dysglobulinemias (lupus, lymphoma, myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia)
 * Glycogen storage disease, type I
 * Hypopituitarism (ateliotic dwarfism)
 * Ileal bypass surgery
 * Lipodystrophy (congenital or acquired)
 * Nephrotic syndrome
 * Obesity
 * Pancreatitis
 * Pregnancy
 * Sepsis
 * Stress
 * Uremia

Hyperlipoproteinämie היפרליפידמיה Dislipidemia Гиперлипидемия Hyperlipidemi