Increased circulating free fatty acid level

What it means

A higher than normal levels of the fatty acids which can occur in plasma as a result of lipolysis in adipose tissue or when plasma triacyglycerols are taken into tissues.

Rare diseases that can present with this4

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions, and Orphanet separately records 1 disease where this sign is specifically absent. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category