Pontine hemorrhagic infarction in nontraumatic fat embolism.
A 46-year-old man developed hemorrhagic pontine infarction secondary to fat embolization 6 days after surgery to repair a perforated duodenal ulcer. This case report emphasizes the clinical risk factors for fat embolization in the nontraumatic setting.
McCarthy
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Department of Neurology, University of Miami, School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL 33101.
Norenberg
M D
MD
D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology