A Massive Right Hemisphere Infarction After Autologous Fat Grafting for Facial Filling

Cerebral fat embolism following facial autologous fat injection is a rare and serious complication. There are limited long-term follow-up data on the motion, cognitive and mental outcomes of surviving patients with cerebral fat embolism following facial autologous fat injection. In this study, the authors reported a patient with a 22-year-old woman with a massive right hemisphere infarction following facial autologous fat injection had normal cognitive function, independent living ability, and social function at 5 years follow-up visit, even though computed tomography showed her entire right cerebral hemisphere had atrophied with softening lesions.