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Fatal Cerebral Fat Embolism Associated with a Patent Foramen Ovale

1993; Elsevier BV; Volume: 104; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1378/chest.104.3.962

1931-3543

Edward Etchells, David T. Wong, George S. Davidson, Patricia Houston,

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

A healthy 22-year-old woman developed respiratory failure and brain death within 48 h of bilateral tibial fractures. Autopsy showed fat embolism in the lung and brain, and a large patent foramen ovale that may have contributed to massive cerebral fat embolism. A healthy 22-year-old woman developed respiratory failure and brain death within 48 h of bilateral tibial fractures. Autopsy showed fat embolism in the lung and brain, and a large patent foramen ovale that may have contributed to massive cerebral fat embolism.