Do you know the diagnostic importance of susceptibility‐weighted imaging on MRI for patients with cerebral fat embolism?

Key Clinical Message If you suspect cerebral fat embolism (CFE) of the diagnosis for the patients who present with impaired consciousness and hypoxia following a fracture, susceptibility‐weighted imaging should be included of head MRI imaging. Abstract We report a case of cerebral fat embolism (CFE)...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuki Koshida, Mitsushige Nishimura, Kenji Kanazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7813
Description
Summary:Key Clinical Message If you suspect cerebral fat embolism (CFE) of the diagnosis for the patients who present with impaired consciousness and hypoxia following a fracture, susceptibility‐weighted imaging should be included of head MRI imaging. Abstract We report a case of cerebral fat embolism (CFE) that could be identified only by susceptibility‐weighted imaging (SWI). Collection and analysis of previous case reports of CFE revealed utilization of SWI in less than one third of suspected cases, despite its known diagnostic ability for CFE.
ISSN:2050-0904