title: Posttraumatic paradoxical fat embolism to the brain: a case report.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma/Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Aliso Viejo, CA 92705, USA. fnastans@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nastanski
authors.forename: W Ian
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lekawa
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications