Abend Nicholas S, Levine Joshua M
Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Neurocrit Care. 2007;6(2):147-8. doi: 10.1007/s12028-007-0007-y.
A 44-year-old man developed a right middle cerebral artery territory stroke due to a large fat embolism after an aortic valve repair. We briefly review the phenomenon of fat embolism and discuss the salient radiographic (CT) finding in this case--a "hypodense artery sign."
