Internal and External Carotid Artery Embolism Following Facial Injection of Autologous Fat

Internal and external carotid artery embolism following facial injection of autologous fat.

Autologous fat injection is a common aesthetic procedure for soft-tissue augmentation of the face. Although this procedure is generally regarded as safe, several patients have experienced acute visual loss or cerebral infarction after these injections. We describe a case of internal and external carotid artery fat embolism that occurred following injection of autologous fat into the face. It ap...

Embolism from external carotid artery and stroke.

From the Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Received & Revised May 14, 2013. Accepted August 7, 2013. Correspondence to: Shan Gao, MD. Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shuaifuyuan 1...

Internal carotid artery embolism by shotgun pellet.

Various examples of foreign body embolization of cerebral arteries, usually followed by serious consequences, have been reported (Lindberg et al., 1961; Chason et al., 1963; Steele et al., 1972; Wetli et al., 1972). However, a shotgun pellet entering the left atrium of the heart through a gunshot wound of the chest with subsequent embolic occlusion of one of the carotid arteries appears to be u...

A Penetrating Pellet Jeopardizing Internal Carotid Artery

Ophthalmic Artery Obstruction and Cerebral Infarction Following Periocular Injection of Autologous Fat

We report a case of ophthalmic artery obstruction combined with brain infarction following periocular autologous fat injection. The patient, a 44-year-old woman, visited our hospital for decreased visual acuity in her left eye and dysarthria one hour after receiving an autologous fat injection in the periocular area. Her best corrected visual acuity for the concerned eye was no light perception...