Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fat embolism syndrome is a rare, but serious condition that occurs in patients with fractures of the long bones or who undergo orthopedic surgery. The main clinical features of fat embolism syndrome are an altered mental status, hypoxia, and petechial rash. Cerebral fat embolism is the most severe m...
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| author | Seung Je Go Yun Su Mun Seung Ho Bang Yong Han Cha Young Hoon Sul Jin Bong Ye Jae Guk Kim |
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| description | Fat embolism syndrome is a rare, but serious condition that occurs in patients with fractures of the long bones or who undergo orthopedic surgery. The main clinical features of fat embolism syndrome are an altered mental status, hypoxia, and petechial rash. Cerebral fat embolism is the most severe manifestation of fat embolism syndrome because it can lead to an altered mental status. The diagnosis of cerebral fat embolism is clinical, but brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) is helpful. There is usually an interval until symptoms, such as an altered mental status, develop after trauma. We report a case of cerebral fat embolism in which the patient’s mental status deteriorated several hours after trauma and the initial findings were negative on diffusion-weighted MRI. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dd5ba23a9dd74232be41d9ddddb977e32025-01-08T08:08:46ZengKorean Society of TraumatologyJournal of Trauma and Injury1738-87672287-16832021-06-0134212612910.20408/jti.2020.00071059Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance ImagingSeung Je Go0Yun Su Mun1Seung Ho Bang2Yong Han Cha3Young Hoon Sul4Jin Bong Ye5Jae Guk Kim6 Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center of Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center of Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center of Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Trauma Center of Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center of Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center of Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Department of Neurology, Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Daejeon, KoreaFat embolism syndrome is a rare, but serious condition that occurs in patients with fractures of the long bones or who undergo orthopedic surgery. The main clinical features of fat embolism syndrome are an altered mental status, hypoxia, and petechial rash. Cerebral fat embolism is the most severe manifestation of fat embolism syndrome because it can lead to an altered mental status. The diagnosis of cerebral fat embolism is clinical, but brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) is helpful. There is usually an interval until symptoms, such as an altered mental status, develop after trauma. We report a case of cerebral fat embolism in which the patient’s mental status deteriorated several hours after trauma and the initial findings were negative on diffusion-weighted MRI.http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-2020-0007.pdfembolism, fatmagnetic resonance |
| spellingShingle | Seung Je Go Yun Su Mun Seung Ho Bang Yong Han Cha Young Hoon Sul Jin Bong Ye Jae Guk Kim Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Journal of Trauma and Injury embolism, fat magnetic resonance |
| title | Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| title_full | Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| title_fullStr | Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| title_short | Cerebral Fat Embolism That Was Initially Negative on DiffusionWeighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| title_sort | cerebral fat embolism that was initially negative on diffusionweighted magnetic resonance imaging |
| topic | embolism, fat magnetic resonance |
| url | http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-2020-0007.pdf |
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