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Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra
versión impresa ISSN 1137-6627
Resumen
ARTAJO, J. de Carlos et al. Lipid lowering treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia with acute pancreatitis caused by everolimus in a patient with a neuroendocrine tumor. Anales Sis San Navarra [online]. 2020, vol.43, n.1, pp.103-106. Epub 17-Ago-2020. ISSN 1137-6627. https://dx.doi.org/10.23938/assn.0859.
Everolimus is an mTOR inhibitor, approved as a treatment for cancer and as an immunosuppressant agent in solid organ transplantation; it frequently produces toxic metabolic effects, particularly of the most severe kind. Its use can cause hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia; thus, metabolic values should be monitored regularly to prevent these adverse events.
We present the case of a woman with an intestinal neuroendocrine tumor who developed two episodes of acute pancreatitis, secondary to severe hypertriglyceridemia caused by everolimus. After treatment with fibrates and omega-3, triglyceride levels returned to baseline, without developing new metabolic or digestive complications. Targeted levels of triglyceride for cancer patients treated with everolimus, should be below 500 or 300 mg/dL, depending on whether life expectancy is less or longer than one year, respectively.
Palabras clave : Hypertriglyceridemia; Everolimus; Acute pancreatitis; Lipid-lowering therapy.