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Isolated and early-onset cerebral fat embolism syndrome in a multiply injured patient: a rare case

BACKGROUND: Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare complication that can occur between 12 and 72 h after the initial insult. Isolated cerebral FES without pulmonary symptoms is rarer. Early fracture fixation might prevent FES. We report a case of multiple-fracture with FES despite definite fixation t...

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Autores principales: Huang, Chin-Kai, Huang, Chih-Yuan, Li, Chia-Lung, Yang, Jui-Ming, Wu, Chin-Hsien, Chen, Chih-Hui, Wu, Po-Ting
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31421672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2736-4