title: Fat embolism in children.
abstract: Clinical fat embolism in children is rare. An 11-year-old myelodysplastic child with an apparently insignificant tibial fracture illustrates the risk of this potentially fatal complication in children with osteoporotic bone.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications