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[A case of delayed fat embolism after a vertebral osteosynthesis]
E Diconne1, L Abdellaoui, M F Lutz
1Service de réanimation, hôpital Bellevue, CHU de Saint-Etienne, France. ericdiconne@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
A 37-year-old woman presented an acute respiratory distress syndrome six days after a post-traumatic vertebral osteosynthesis. First, a pulmonary embolism was suspected, and a thrombolysis realised. This diagnosis was secondary excluded, and the diagnosis of probable fatty embolism was established by the bronchoalveolar lavage. So, this case shows a delayed presentation of fatty embolism and permits a discussion about clinical presentation, and diagnosis methods of such pathology.
