Cerebral fat embolism after autologous fat injection for reconstructive eye surgery

Cerebral fat embolism following cardiac surgery.

We describe 3 cases of cerebral fat embolism associated with cardiac surgery. The autopsy findings suggested that in 2 cases, the embolic fat globules entered the systemic circulation directly as a result of protrusion of epicardial fat into the left atrial chamber along the suture line in one case, and through an atrial septal defect in the other. The characteristic latent interval between sur...

Periorbital Lipogranuloma after Autologous Fat Injection for Forehead Augmentation.

Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016 245 Received March 4, 2015, Revised April 9, 2015, Accepted for publication April 9, 2015 Corresponding author: You Chan Kim, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164 WorldCup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16499, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the C...

[Post-traumatic cerebral fat embolism].

Paradoxical Cerebral Fat Embolism in Revision Hip Surgery

The incidence of clinical fat embolism syndrome (FES) is low (<1%) whilst fat embolism (FE) of marrow fat appears to occur more often (Mellor and Soni (2001)). Paradoxical brain FE may occur in patients undergoing hip orthopedic surgery who have an undocumented patent foramen ovale (PFO). We report a case of an eighty-year-old male patient, who underwent a scheduled revision hip surgery sufferi...

Peptococcus Infection after Breast Augmentation Using Autologous Fat Injection

669 IMAGES injection to correct defects in the upper and inner portion of both breasts using fat obtained through liposuction, 40 days before presentation at our hospital. Her initial surgery was performed in an aesthetic plastic surgery clinic, and the amount of fat extracted and transplanted was not precisely known. Ten days before presentation at our hospital, the patient visited the clinic ...