He was found to have fat embolism syndrome at postoperative day 1 as evidenced by confusion, respiratory symptoms, chest radiograph changes, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate, thrombocytopenia and ...

Cerebral fat embolism is demonstrated by the classic ‘starfield’ pattern on diffusion-weighted imaging. The differential diagnosis includes acute embolic infarction, vasculitis and posterior ...

Fat embolism syndrome (FES), characterized by the combination of acute respiratory failure, central nervous system involvement, and petechiae, can occur after a trauma or secondary to a disease. 1 1 ...

It is caused by foreign bodies in blood which are known as emboli such as fat, air, blood clot. Symptoms usually depend on the type of embolism. Shortness of breath, chest pain are the most common ...