Multimodal imaging tools for diagnosis of fat embolism

It is important to consider several differential diagnoses in a patient presenting with altered sensorium following surgery. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a serious condition that needs to be excluded. Although criteria for diagnosis of FES are available, all patients may not satisfy them. We discu...

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Autores principales: Shobha, Nandavar, Bermejo, Pablo Garcia, Bhatia, Rohit, Choi, Youngbin, Smith, Eric E, Demchuk, Andrew M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21769221
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.82232
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Sumario:It is important to consider several differential diagnoses in a patient presenting with altered sensorium following surgery. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a serious condition that needs to be excluded. Although criteria for diagnosis of FES are available, all patients may not satisfy them. We discuss a patient who presented with an incomplete triad of the FES, where the diagnosis was supported by transcranial doppler monitoring of microembolic signals and magnetic resonance imaging.

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