Liu P, Armstrong P, Skippen P
Department of Radiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
Can Assoc Radiol J. 1990 Oct;41(5):303-4.
Histologically, pulmonary fat embolism is seen in up to 97% of traumatized patients, yet almost all of them are asymptomatic. Although clinically significant, fat embolism syndrome is not common; it is a frequent cause of death when it does occur. The authors report the computed tomographic demonstration of fat embolism in the inferior vena cava of a patient who sustained multiple fractures. To their knowledge, no similar case has ever been described.
组织学上，高达97%的创伤患者可见肺脂肪栓塞，但几乎所有患者都无症状。尽管具有临床意义，但脂肪栓塞综合征并不常见；一旦发生，它是导致死亡的常见原因。作者报告了一名多处骨折患者下腔静脉脂肪栓塞的计算机断层扫描表现。据他们所知，从未有过类似病例的描述。
