title: [Morphological diagnostics of fat embolism].
abstract: The present review of the literature concerns the problem of morphological diagnostics of fat embolism, i.e. mechanical obturation of multiple blood vessels with fat globules, that can be detected by a variety of methods including polarization microscopy, staining of native, frozen, and paraffin-embedded histological sections with the use of immunohistochemical techniques, electron microscopy, etc.
authors.affiliation: Smolensk State Medical University, Russian Ministry of Health, Smolensk, Russia, 214000.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Dorosevich
authors.affiliation: Smolensk Regional Institute of Pathology, Smolensk Regional Health Department, Smolensk, Russia, 214018.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Dmitriev
mesh_terms: D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods