A Case of Cerebral Fat Embolism

Cerebral Fat Embolism: A Case of Rapid-Onset Coma.

Cerebral fat embolism and the "starfield" pattern: a case report

Nearly all long-bone fractures are accompanied by some form of fat embolism. The rare complication of clinically significant fat embolism syndrome, however, occurs in only 0.9-2.2% of cases. The clinical triad of fat embolism syndrome consists of respiratory distress, altered mental status, and petechial rash. Cerebral fat embolism causes the neurologic involvement seen in fat embolism syndrome...

[Post-traumatic cerebral fat embolism].

Motor Aphasia as a Rare Presentation of Fat Embolism Syndrome; A Case Report

  Fat embolism syndrome is a clinical diagnosis, and diagnostic procedures are not specific. In every trauma patient, Fat embolism syndrome has to be considered as a possibility and supportive treatment should begin as soon as possible. The authors reported a rare case of Fat embolism syndrome whose only neurological symptom was motor aphasia. A young man sustained comminuted femoral shaft frac...

A traumatic case of fat embolism.

A fit and healthy 47-year-old woman developed type I respiratory failure 2 days following surgical fixation for a left intertrochanteric neck of femur fracture. She presented to the acute trauma unit following a fall off a horse and had a long dynamic hip screw fixation in theatre. Postoperatively, she became confused and hypoxic. Her chest X-ray was inconclusive and her CT pulmonary angiogram ...