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Fatal fat embolism in a patient with sickle-beta+ thalassemia
B C Desselle1, T O'Brien, M Bugnitz
1Department of Pediatrics, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis 38103, USA.
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
We describe a case of an adolescent with sickle-beta+ thalassemia who developed fatal fat embolism syndrome. After presenting with bone pain, the patient developed mental status changes, hypoxemia, and died following cardiorespiratory arrest.