Pontine hemorrhagic infarction in nontraumatic fat embolism
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 38 (10) , 1645
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.38.10.1645
Abstract
A 46-year-old man developed hemorrhagic pontine infarction secondary to fat embolization 6 days after surgery to repair a perforated duodenal ulcer. This case report emphasizes the clinical risk factors for fat embolization in the nontraumatic setting.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: