Fat embolism

Fat embolism

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DiseasesDB = 4766
ICD10 = ICD10|O|88|8|o|85, ICD10|T|79|1|t|79
ICD9 = ICD9|673.8, ICD9|958.1
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A fat embolism is a type of embolism that is often (but not always) caused by physical trauma.

Causes

Fat emboli can occur whenever there is a chance for fat to enter the circulatory system, such as during surgery. A common scenario is fatty marrow entering the circulation after a fracture to a large long bone,cite web |url=http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FORHTML/FOR001.html |title=Forensic Pathology |format= |work= |accessdate=] such as the femur, or after surgery on this bone.

It can also occur during childbirth.cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?fat+embolism |title=Definition: fat embolism from Online Medical Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=] cite journal |author=Aubrey-Bassler K, Newbery S, Kelly L, Weaver B, Wilson S |title=Maternal outcomes of cesarean sections: do generalists' patients have different outcomes than specialists' patients? |journal=Can Fam Physician |volume=53 |issue=12 |pages=2132–8 |year=2007 |month=December |pmid=18077752 |pmc=2231553 |doi= |url=http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18077752]

Presentation

Unlike emboli that arise from thrombi (blood clots), fat emboli are small and multiple, and so have widespread effects.

Symptoms usually occur 1-3 days after the insult, and are predominantly; pulmonary (shortness of breath), neurological (agitation, delerium or coma) and haematological (anaemia, low platelets). The mortality rate of fat embolism is approximately 10%.

ee also

* Air embolism
* Cholesterol embolism
* Pulmonary embolism
* CT pulmonary angiogram

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