Fat emboli and critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds (CICMs) in a patient with sickle cell disease: Do these 2 entities coexist?

Fat emboli and critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds (CICMs) in a patient with sickle cell disease: Do these 2 entities coexist?

We report the case of a 30-year-old female patient with sickle cell disease presenting with an acute chest syndrome and neurological deterioration. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging revealed a handful of foci of diffusion restriction and numerous microbleeds with marked involvement of corpus callo...

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Main Authors: Selsabil Mohammed-Hadj, MD, Martin Colard, MD, PhD, Isabelle Delpierre, MD, Fabio Taccone, MD, PhD, Valentina Elisabetta Lolli, MD, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Subjects:
Sickle cell disease
MRI
Cerebral microbleed
Cerebral fat embolism
Starfield pattern
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043323001541

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