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Fat embolism associated with an atrial septal defect
The Journal of Trauma
|January 1, 1976
Abstract:
A case of a patient with pulmonary fat embolism following fractures of femurs and pelvis, with a fatal outcome after 3 days, is presented. Post mortem examination revealed a congenital osteum secundum heart defect, and widespread capillary occlusions from systemic fat microembolization.