title: Fat embolism associated with an atrial septal defect.
abstract: A case of a patient with pulmonary fat embolism following fractures of femurs and pelvis, with a fatal outcome after 3 days, is presented. Post mortem examination revealed a congenital osteum secundum heart defect, and widespread capillary occlusions from systemic fat microembolization.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male