J Korean Radiol Soc.  2004 Dec;51(6):591-594. 10.3348/jkrs.2004.51.6.591.

Cerebral Fat Embolism as a Rare Complication of Postgastrectomy: Case Report

• Ihn YK
• Baik JH

• KMID: 2209162
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2004.51.6.591

Abstract

Cerebral fat embolism syndrome is a rare complication of trauma, and it particularly involves fractures of the long bones. This syndrome may occur in a diverse series of conditions such as diabetes mellitus, acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, acute fatty cirrhosis, prolonged corticosteroid therapy, lymphography and liposuction. The author reports the CT and MRI findings in a patient with cerebral fat embolism that occurred as a rare complication of postgastrectomy.

Keyword

Brain,CT; Brain, MR; Embolism, Fat

MeSH Terms

Diabetes Mellitus
Embolism, Fat*
Fibrosis
Humans
Lipectomy
Lymphography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pancreatitis