ReviewAcademic forensic pathology2019
Fat Embolism, Fat Embolism Syndrome and the Autopsy.
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- The Relationship Between Non-Traumatic Fat Embolism and Fat Embolism Syndrome (FES) in Patients with Cancer.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and prognostic insights of cerebral fat embolism: a literature review.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- A diagnostic strategy for pulmonary fat embolism based on routine H&E staining using computational pathology.International journal of legal medicine · 2024Article
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- Fat embolism after intraosseous catheters in pediatric forensic autopsies.International journal of legal medicine · 2023Article
- Prospective study examining the probability of cerebral fat embolism based on magnetic resonance imaging.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Nontrombotic Pulmonary Embolism: Different Etiology, Same Significant Consequences.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Radiological features of pulmonary fat embolism in trauma patients: a case series.Emergency radiology · 2022Article
- Fat embolism syndrome in a patient that sustained a femoral neck fracture: A case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Early acute fat embolism syndrome caused by femoral fracture: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Postoperative complications of concomitant fat embolism syndrome, pulmonary embolism and tympanic membrane perforation after tibiofibular fracture: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Femoral Nailing in a Porcine Model Causes Bone Marrow Emboli in the Lungs and Systemic Emboli in the Heart and Brain.JB & JS open accessArticle
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Abstract
Fat embolism is common following trauma and is a common autopsy finding in these cases. It may also be seen in non-traumatic cases and is seen in children as well as adults. In comparison fat embolism syndrome (FES) only occurs in a small number of trauma and non-trauma cases. Clinical diagnosis is based on characteristic clinical and laboratory findings. Fat embolism exerts its effect by mechanical blockage of vessels and/or by biochemical means including breakdown of fat to free fatty acids causing an inflammatory response. Fat embolism can be identified at autopsy on microscopy of the lungs using fat stains conducted on frozen tissue, including on formalin fixed but not processed tissue. With FES fat emboli can be seen in other organs including the brain, kidney and myocardium. Fat can also be identified with post-fixation staining, typically with osmium tetroxide. Scoring systems have been developed to try and determine the severity of fat embolism in lung tissue. Fat embolism is also common following resuscitation. When no resuscitation has taken place, the presence of fat on lung histology has been used as proof of vitality. Diagnosis of fat embolism syndrome at autopsy requires analysis of the history, clinical and laboratory findings along with autopsy investigations to determine its relevance, but is an important diagnosis to make which is not always identified clinically. This paper reviews the history, clinical and laboratory findings and diagnosis of fat embolism and fat embolism syndrome at autopsy.
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