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Sea_gull
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09/02/06 - 10:03 AM

An athlete is examined .His Lab showws HDL 12mg/dL.HEENT is normal.

Probable cause??

frank100
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09/02/06 - 10:51 AM

no tangier because HEENT is normal...but tonsils are enlarged and orange colored...

maybe familial HA, but I remember the difeerential includes almost 6 inherited diseases...but my teachers told me to remember Tangier as a good example..

he is an athlete, so the rest of his lipid profile can be either acceptable or normal...

hmmm...my answer is FAMILIAL HA.

Sea_gull
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09/02/06 - 06:57 PM

Think on some other more probable cause

frank100
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09/02/06 - 07:40 PM

young, athlete...some sort of drug: steroids, whatever....

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09/02/06 - 07:50 PM

classic LCAT deficiency?
Fish eye disese?

frank100
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09/02/06 - 08:00 PM

maybe this is what sea_gull is looking for, but in LCAT deficiency HDL levels are even lower, some of them normally are <10...and HEENT IS NORMAL

frank100
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09/02/06 - 08:03 PM

ok, just guessing, but no basis...............................diet?

Sea_gull
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09/03/06 - 09:03 AM

frank100 wrote:
ok, just guessing, but no basis...............................diet?

Anabolic steroids (Franks you once guessed correctly)

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study_ing
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09/06/06 - 04:40 PM

cud u please expand onthe abbreviations..i assure u im not the only one getting confused here smiling face

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09/06/06 - 06:09 PM

#10

HEENT stands for: head, eyes, ear, nose, and throat.

sorry, for using abbreviations study_ing.

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09/07/06 - 12:27 PM

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yup! please I got confussed with abbreviations! pleaz be generous with typing! sticking out tongue

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09/07/06 - 12:37 PM

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thanx..actually i got that easily..but whats familial HA? !! grin

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