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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Case Report
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
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author Chowdhary, Varun
Mehta, Varun
Bajaj, Tushar
Scheiner, Jonathan
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Scheiner, Jonathan
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description 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 syndrome become apparent. Reported cases of fat emboli in transit are unusual. In our case, we present the rare finding of fat embolism seen on computed tomography in the lower extremity after a trauma.
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spelling pubmed-55519572017-08-21 Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma Chowdhary, Varun Mehta, Varun Bajaj, Tushar Scheiner, Jonathan Radiol Case Rep Case Report 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 syndrome become apparent. Reported cases of fat emboli in transit are unusual. In our case, we present the rare finding of fat embolism seen on computed tomography in the lower extremity after a trauma. Elsevier 2017-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5551957/ /pubmed/28828108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.004 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma
title Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma
title_full Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma
title_fullStr Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma
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title_short Rare imaging of a known entity: fat embolism seen on CT in lower extremity vein after trauma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551957/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.004
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