title: Fat embolism syndrome in a child with dystonia musculorum deformans.
abstract: A 16-year-old boy with dystonia musculorum deformans underwent an operation for removal of femoral implants and excision of the prominence at the greater trochanter of the left hip. He was found to have fat embolism syndrome at postoperative day 1 as evidenced by confusion, respiratory symptoms, chest radiograph changes, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate, thrombocytopenia and fat in the urine and sputum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Jason Pui Yin
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Lai Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: To
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004422:Dystonia Musculorum Deformans / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013577:Syndrome