FATAL CEREBRAL FAT-EMBOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE

被引：21

作者：

ETCHELLS, EE

WONG, DT

DAVIDSON, G

HOUSTON, PL

机构：

[1] TORONTO HOSP,DEPT ANAESTHESIA,MED SURG INTENS CARE UNIT,TORONTO,ON,CANADA

[2] TORONTO HOSP,DEPT PATHOL,TORONTO,ON,CANADA

来源：

CHEST | 1993年 / 104卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1378/chest.104.3.962

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 [临床医学]; 100602 [中西医结合临床];

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：962 / 963

页数：2

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