| Trauma and Fat Embolism |
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Juck Joon Hwang |
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Institute of Legal Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract |
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The topic of fat embolism forms a clearly defined area of discussion within the field of the pathology of trauma. Natural fat embolism was first described by Zenker in 1862 and a connexion between pulmonary fat embolism and injury involving bone marrow was demonstrated by Bush shortly afterwards.
This blockage of capillaries and arteriols by fat gloubles has given rise to conflicting opinions since its initial description, and to this day there is widespread lack of agreement as to its frequency, etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical significance.
The purpose of this paper is to give a brief review of the subject with an attempt to put it into a relevant perspective. |
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