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Isolated Cerebral Fat Embolism After Lower Extremity Fracture: Case Report

open access: yesTürk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2015
Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is characterized with petechiae, mental confusion, and respiratory failure, occurs generally after lower extremity long bone fractures or orthopedic surgery within 24-72 hours.
Canan Yılmaz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

MRI and clinical characteristics of suspected cerebrovascular accident in nine cats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives Cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) are infrequently reported in cats. To date, clinical characteristics, including lesion localisation and MRI findings, have only been reported in two cats.
Beltran, E, Drees, R, Wittaker, D E
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Fat Embolism as a Rare Complication of Large-volume Liposuction in a Plastic Patient

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2015
Fat embolism is a dreaded complication in of procedures of multiple disciplines including plastic surgery. As the popularity of liposuction increases, cases of pulmonary embolism after liposuction are increasingly reported. However, documents of cerebral
Xiaoliang Fu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical Stabilization of Femur Fractures in Post-Traumatic Hypoxemic Patients: When and Why? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Post-traumatic hypoxemia can deteriorate during operative manipulations. Objectives: In the present study, criteria-based approach was applied to determine optimum conditions for femur surgery.
Mohini, I.   +4 more
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Stars from the bones—An uncommon presentation of fat embolism syndrome

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2023
Trauma or surgery to the lower limbs can cause fat from the marrow within the leg bones to enter the bloodstream and form an embolus. However, if there is cerebral involvement without any pulmonary or dermatological manifestations at diagnosis, it could ...
Lokesh Koumar Sivanandam   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increased prevalence of potential right-to-left shunting in children with sickle cell anaemia and stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
'Paradoxical' embolization via intracardiac or intrapulmonary right-to-left shunts (RLS) is an established cause of stroke. Hypercoagulable states and increased right heart pressure, which both occur in sickle cell anaemia (SCA), predispose to ...
Dlamini, N   +19 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 2009
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.
Amit Aravapalli   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Prognostic Outcomes and Risk Factors for Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Venous Tumor Thrombus after Radical Nephrectomy and Thrombectomy: The Prognostic Significance of Venous Tumor Thrombus Level. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
IntroductionTo evaluate the prognostic outcomes and risk factors for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients with venous tumor thrombus in China.Materials and methodsWe reviewed the clinical information of 169 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy and ...
He, Zhisong   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

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