Citation

Blokhuis AM, Geurts M, Nieuwkamp DJ. Ned. Tijdschr. Geneeskd. 2012; 156(50): A4560.

Vernacular Title

Een man met een bewustzijnsdaling na femurfracturen.

Affiliation

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Erven Bohn)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23231868

Abstract

A 23-year-old man presented with femur fractures after a car accident. He underwent intramedullary nail surgery. Afterwards consciousness deteriorated with concurrent respiratory distress followed by seizures. MRI-scan of the brain displayed multiple punctate lesions of restricted diffusion, a so-called starfield pattern, which confirmed the diagnosis of cerebral fat embolism syndrome.

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