Cerebral fat embolism induced by facial fat injection [21]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2235-2236

  Thaunat, Olivier ^a,b   Thaler, François ^a   Loirat, Philippe ^a   Decroix, Jean Pierre ^a   Boulin, Anne ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EYE SURGERY; FAT EMBOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SYMPTOM; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; ENUCLEATION; EYELID; FOREHEAD; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; EMBOLISM, FAT; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYELIDS; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 3242740352     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000123627.33690.9E     Document Type: Letter

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