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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 348-352 |
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Cerebral fat embolism: A diagnostic challenge
Babita Gupta1, Manpreet Kaur1, Nita D'souza1, Chandan Kumar Dey1, Seema Shende1, Atin Kumar2, Shivanand Gamangatti1
1 Departments of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, JPNA Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Manpreet Kaur
426 Masjid Moth Resident Doctor's Hostel, AIIMS, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.84122
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Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare but a serious clinical catastrophe occurring after traumatic injury to long bones. Cerebral involvement in the absence of pulmonary or dermatological manifestation on initial presentation may delay the diagnosis of cerebral fat embolism (CFE). We discuss a case series of CFE which posed a challenge in diagnosis. The clinical presentations of these patients did not satisfy the commonly used clinical criteria for aiding the diagnosis of FES. Early MRI brain (DWI and T2 weighted sequences) in patients with neurological symptoms after trauma even in the absence of pulmonary and dermatological findings should be the goal. |
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