TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Cerebral fat embolism syndrome after long bone fracture due to gunshot injury
JO  - Indian journal of critical care medicine
A1  - Duran, Latif
A1  - Kayhan, Servet
A1  - Kati, Celal
A1  - Akdemir, Hizir Ufuk
A1  - Balci, Kemal
A1  - Yavuz, Yucel
SP  - 167
EP  - 169
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - Cerebral fat embolism syndrome is a lethal complication of long-bone fractures and clinically manifasted with respiratory distress, altered mental status, and petechial rash. We presented a 20-year-old male admitted with gun-shot wounds to his left leg. Twenty-four hours after the event, he had generalized tonic clonic seizures, decorticate posture and a Glascow Coma Scale of seven with localization of painful stimuli. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a star-field pattern defining multiple lesions of restricted diffusion. On a 4-week follow-up, he had returned to normal neurological function. Despite the severity of the neurological condition upon initial presentation, the case cerebral fat embolism illustrates that, cerebral dysfunction associated with cerebral fat embolism illustrates reversible.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0972-5229
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.128707
ID  - ref1
ER  -