Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature

Fat emboli are a common phenomenon, but are rarely detected or reported on extremity CT imaging. We present a case of fat embolus in the popliteal vein in the setting of a femoral fracture. This is the most distal fat embolus described in the literature. There are no guidelines regarding interventio...

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Autores principales: Burr, Tucker, Chaudhry, Hamza, Zhang, Cheryl, Vasilopoulos, Vasilios, Allam, Emad
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7494937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.008
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author Burr, Tucker
Chaudhry, Hamza
Zhang, Cheryl
Vasilopoulos, Vasilios
Allam, Emad
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description Fat emboli are a common phenomenon, but are rarely detected or reported on extremity CT imaging. We present a case of fat embolus in the popliteal vein in the setting of a femoral fracture. This is the most distal fat embolus described in the literature. There are no guidelines regarding intervention if a fat embolus is detected in a peripheral vein on CT. A review of all the previous cases of peripheral fat emboli is presented for reference.
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spelling pubmed-74949372020-09-24 Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature Burr, Tucker Chaudhry, Hamza Zhang, Cheryl Vasilopoulos, Vasilios Allam, Emad Radiol Case Rep Case Report Fat emboli are a common phenomenon, but are rarely detected or reported on extremity CT imaging. We present a case of fat embolus in the popliteal vein in the setting of a femoral fracture. This is the most distal fat embolus described in the literature. There are no guidelines regarding intervention if a fat embolus is detected in a peripheral vein on CT. A review of all the previous cases of peripheral fat emboli is presented for reference. Elsevier 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7494937/ /pubmed/32983305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.008 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. 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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Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature
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title_full Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature
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title_short Fat embolism in the popliteal vein detected on CT: Case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7494937/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.008
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