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Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma

Fat embolism occurs in the vast majority of patients who have had trauma (approximately 90%). The most common occurrence is after long bone fracture. It has also been noted in cases after orthopedic surgery. Fat embolism is most often diagnosed when the clinical manifestations of fat embolism syndro...

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Autores principales: Chowdhary, Varun, Mehta, Varun, Bajaj, Tushar, Scheiner, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.004