A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome
Bone marrow fat embolism usually occurs following multiple bone fractures, intraosseous surgical procedures, following vigorous cardiac resuscitation, ecclampsia, sickle cell anemia, malignancies, etc. We present a case of 70-year-old male who presented with fever, cough with expectoration, respirat...
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| author | Subramanian Kalaivani Selvi Rakhee Kar Mehalingam Vadivelan Dharanipragada Krishna Suri Subrahmanyam |
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| description | Bone marrow fat embolism usually occurs following multiple bone fractures, intraosseous surgical procedures, following vigorous cardiac resuscitation, ecclampsia, sickle cell anemia, malignancies, etc. We present a case of 70-year-old male who presented with fever, cough with expectoration, respiratory distress, altered sensorium, hypotension and thrombocytopenia, and diagnosed to have dengue shock syndrome and expired within 1 day of admission. Postmortem lung biopsy revealed bone marrow fat embolism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-61b14009cb0149e592e77723d328dc442022-12-22T03:15:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292012-01-0155457257310.4103/0377-4929.107827A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndromeSubramanian Kalaivani SelviRakhee KarMehalingam VadivelanDharanipragada Krishna Suri SubrahmanyamBone marrow fat embolism usually occurs following multiple bone fractures, intraosseous surgical procedures, following vigorous cardiac resuscitation, ecclampsia, sickle cell anemia, malignancies, etc. We present a case of 70-year-old male who presented with fever, cough with expectoration, respiratory distress, altered sensorium, hypotension and thrombocytopenia, and diagnosed to have dengue shock syndrome and expired within 1 day of admission. Postmortem lung biopsy revealed bone marrow fat embolism.http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2012;volume=55;issue=4;spage=572;epage=573;aulast=SelviBone marrow embolismincidentalpostmortemshock |
| spellingShingle | Subramanian Kalaivani Selvi Rakhee Kar Mehalingam Vadivelan Dharanipragada Krishna Suri Subrahmanyam A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology Bone marrow embolism incidental postmortem shock |
| title | A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome |
| title_full | A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome |
| title_fullStr | A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome |
| title_short | A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome |
| title_sort | fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome |
| topic | Bone marrow embolism incidental postmortem shock |
| url | http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2012;volume=55;issue=4;spage=572;epage=573;aulast=Selvi |
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