Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism
Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is mostly associated with long bone fractures of the lower extremities. FES typically occurs between 1 and 3 days after the trauma, and the clinical triad is hypoxia, neurologic symptoms and petechial rash (4, 5). Neurologic symptoms widely vary from confusion to coma, ra...
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| author | Feride Kural Fuldem Yıldırım Dönmez Hülya Aslan Burcu Akpınar Ahmet Muhteşem Ağıldere |
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| description | Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is mostly associated with long bone fractures of the lower extremities. FES typically occurs between 1 and 3 days after the trauma, and the clinical triad is hypoxia, neurologic symptoms and petechial rash (4, 5). Neurologic symptoms widely vary from confusion to coma, rarely death may occur. Magnetic resonance imaging is the most sensitive technique in the diagnosis of cerebral FES and typical findings are multipl punctate hyperintensities at subcortical and deep white matter on T2 weighted and diffusion weighted images which is called as starfield pattern.
We report a case of cerebral FES in a patient who had neurologic symptoms after traumatic femur neck facture |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1d713e12337488e972a939853cd86d42023-02-15T16:08:57ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Nöroloji Dergisi1301-062X1309-25452012-09-0118310811010.4274/Tnd.14892Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat EmbolismFeride Kural0Fuldem Yıldırım Dönmez1Hülya Aslan2Burcu Akpınar3Ahmet Muhteşem Ağıldere4Department Of Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment Of Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment Of Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment Of Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment Of Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, TurkeyFat embolism syndrome (FES) is mostly associated with long bone fractures of the lower extremities. FES typically occurs between 1 and 3 days after the trauma, and the clinical triad is hypoxia, neurologic symptoms and petechial rash (4, 5). Neurologic symptoms widely vary from confusion to coma, rarely death may occur. Magnetic resonance imaging is the most sensitive technique in the diagnosis of cerebral FES and typical findings are multipl punctate hyperintensities at subcortical and deep white matter on T2 weighted and diffusion weighted images which is called as starfield pattern. We report a case of cerebral FES in a patient who had neurologic symptoms after traumatic femur neck facturehttp://www.tjn.org.tr/jvi.aspx?pdir=tjn&plng=eng&un=TJN-14892fat embolismdiffusionMRI |
| spellingShingle | Feride Kural Fuldem Yıldırım Dönmez Hülya Aslan Burcu Akpınar Ahmet Muhteşem Ağıldere Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism Türk Nöroloji Dergisi fat embolism diffusion MRI |
| title | Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism |
| title_full | Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism |
| title_fullStr | Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism |
| title_short | Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cerebral Fat Embolism |
| title_sort | diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in cerebral fat embolism |
| topic | fat embolism diffusion MRI |
| url | http://www.tjn.org.tr/jvi.aspx?pdir=tjn&plng=eng&un=TJN-14892 |
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