title: Cerebral fat embolism diagnosed by cognitive disorder.
abstract: Fat embolism syndrome is a rarely seen complication of skeletal trauma, and it is seen at a rate of 2-5% after fractures of the long bones of the lower extremities. Its classic triad-+consists of hypoxemia, petechial bleedings on the skin and neurological findings. These neurological findings are highly variable and non-specific, and they can present with lethargy, irritability, delirium, stupor, convulsion or coma. In this report, a male case is presented who was diagnosed with cerebral embolism due to acute cognitive disorder after a segmental tibial fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilcan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kotan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Ozozen
authors.initials: ZO
authors.lastname: Ayas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Saadet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa Erkan
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Inanmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilgehan Atilgan
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Acar
keywords: Cerebral fat embolism; acute cognitive disorder; diffusion-weighted MRI; tibial fracture