Cerebral fat embolism syndrome after long bone fracture due to gunshot injury.
Cerebral fat embolism syndrome is a lethal complication of long-bone fractures and clinically manifasted with respiratory distress, altered mental status, and petechial rash. We presented a 20-year-old male admitted with gun-shot wounds to his left leg. Twenty-four hours after the event, he had generalized tonic clonic seizures, decorticate posture and a Glascow Coma Scale of seven with localization of painful stimuli. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a star-field pattern defining multiple lesions of restricted diffusion. On a 4-week follow-up, he had returned to normal neurological function. Despite the severity of the neurological condition upon initial presentation, the case cerebral fat embolism illustrates that, cerebral dysfunction associated with cerebral fat embolism illustrates reversible.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Latif
L
Duran
Department of Pulmonology, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Servet
S
Kayhan
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Celal
C
Kati
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Hizir Ufuk
HU
Akdemir
Department of Neurology, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Kemal
K
Balci
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayıs, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Yucel
Y
Yavuz
Cerebral fat embolism; diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; starfield pattern