[Hyperlipemia. Post-operative fat embolism, with psychiatric signs, and persistent lipuria (author's transl)]

The authors report an exceptional case of fat embolism with neuro-psychiatric signs, following a digestive by-pass operation for hypercholesterolemia. They emphasize the difficulty in diagnosis and attach value to the lipuria when it is massive. A short review of the literature recalls the various pathogenic theories of fat embolism.