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- Pablo Eguia, Antonio Medina, Juan Carlos Garcia-Monco, Vicente Martin, and Fernando I Monton.
- Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Canarias, Spain. peguia@telefonica.net
- J Neuroimaging. 2007 Jan 1;17(1):78-80.
AbstractFat embolism syndrome complicates open fractures involving long bones, although it occasionally follows nontraumatic conditions. Incomplete forms of the syndrome (ie, cerebral fat embolism) represent a challenge to diagnosis, and brain MRI represents a valuable diagnostic tool. We describe a patient who had a fat embolism to the brain after an isolated traumatic open fracture of the tibia. MRI with T2 and diffusion-weighted images revealed multiple, reversible brain lesions, suggesting vasogenic edema and consistent with this entity. At present, MR imaging is the most sensitive technique to evaluate cerebral fat embolism.
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