Posttraumatic paradoxical fat embolism to the brain: A case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-374

  Nastanski, Frank ^a   Gordon, W Ian ^a   Lekawa, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, FAT; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 13844264512     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000108996.10785.0B     Document Type: Article

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