Case report describes cerebral fat embolism resulting from long bone fracture, highlighting rare complications.
Cerebral fat embolism is a relatively rare complication of major skeletal trauma and it forms a part of the spectrum of manifestations called "fat embolism syndrome" which also includes respiratory and cutaneous manifestations.Here we describe a patient admitted with long bone fracture who subsequently developed visual symptoms and on evaluation was found to have cerebral fat embolism.
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