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Pontine hemorrhagic infarction in nontraumatic fat embolism
1Department of Neurology, University of Miami, School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, FL 33101.
Neurology
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
A 46-year-old man developed hemorrhagic pontine infarction secondary to fat embolization 6 days after surgery to repair a perforated duodenal ulcer. This case report emphasizes the clinical risk factors for fat embolization in the nontraumatic setting.