Fatal Non-traumatic Fat Embolism
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
;
: 120-122, 2020.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
@#Non-traumatic fat embolism (NTFE) is infrequently encountered in the clinical setting. The incidence of clinically detected fat embolism is less than 1%. It is diagnosed based on the evidence of fat emboli occluding the vessel lumen in a patient with no prior history of trauma. We report a case of NTFE in a lady who developed breathlessness and collapsed following home vaginal delivery. Post-mortem examination revealed extensive fat emboli in the pulmonary vessels. We elucidate the clinical challenges in diagnosing fat embolism (FE) in a patient without history of trauma.
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English
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Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
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2020
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