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Cerebral fat embolism after a nondisplaced tibial fracture: case report
M Kamano1, Y Honda, M Kitaguchi
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baba Memorial Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|August 15, 2001
Abstract:
Fat embolism syndrome has been observed after traumatic or nontraumatic events. In traumatic cases, fat embolism syndrome is known to occur in patients with a fracture of a long bone. The case of a patient with a cerebral fat embolism associated with a nondisplaced fracture of the tibial shaft is reported.