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Mohtarrudin, Norhafizah and Itam @ Ismail, Iskasymar
(2020)
Fatal non-traumatic fat embolism.
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 16 (suppl. 9).
120 - 122.
ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346
Abstract
Non-traumatic fat embolism (NTFE) is infrequently encountered in the clinical setting. The incidence of clinically detected fat embolism is less than 1%. It is diagnosed based on the evidence of fat emboli occluding the vessel lumen in a patient with no prior history of trauma. We report a case of NTFE in a lady who developed breathlessness and collapsed following home vaginal delivery. Post-mortem examination revealed extensive fat emboli in the pulmonary vessels. We elucidate the clinical challenges in diagnosing fat embolism (FE) in a patient without history of trauma.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Publisher: | University Putra Malaysia Press |
| Keywords: | Non-traumatic; Fat embolism; Fat emboli |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Nuraida Ibrahim |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2021 23:32 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2021 23:32 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89002 |
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