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HTG\u2010induced pancreatitis usually presents with hypocalcemia, but the effect of severe HTG, with no associated pancreatitis, on calcium levels is not well described. We present a 25\u2010year\u2010old male with severe HTG and diabetes who presented with generalized weakness, nausea, and vomiting. His labs revealed a severely elevated triglyceride level, as well as a critically low total calcium of 2.8\u2009mg\/dL, but only mildly reduced ionized calcium (1.10\u2009mmol\/L), with no evidence of laboratory or imaging findings of pancreatitis. Hypocalcemia signs were positive on physical examination. Treatment for HTG led to rapid normalization of total calcium levels, while intravenous calcium gluconate normalized ionized calcium and resulted in symptom resolution. 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