Fatal fat embolism during ritual initiation.
A young Coast Salish Indian woman became fatally ill during ritual Initiation into the Native Winter Spirit Dancing Society. She died from massive fat emboli associated with subcutaneous bruises that appeared clinically unimportant and were not associated with fractures or other underlying injury. The liver showed extreme fatty metamorphosis.
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001955:British Columbia; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy