Key result
Early identification of a large fat embolus on CT allowed successful treatment by insertion of a vena cava filter and venous thrombectomy before the occurrence of severe respiratory failure.
Case Report (n=1)
Early identification of a large fat embolus on CT allows for successful extraction via thrombectomy and filter placement before the onset of severe respiratory failure.
Prompt CT may enable preemptive intervention in fat embolism; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
We describe an unusual case of a post-traumatic fat embolism in the vena cava and left femoral vein identified on CT before the onset of fat embolism syndrome. The patient was successfully treated by insertion of a vena cava filter and venous thrombectomy. This is the first occurrence of early identification of a large fat embolus allowing its extraction before occurrence of severe respiratory failure.
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Vasconcelos et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Post-traumatic fat embolism in the vena cava and left femoral vein (n=1). Vena cava filter insertion and venous thrombectomy was evaluated on Successful extraction before occurrence of severe respiratory failure. Early identification of a large fat embolus on CT allowed successful treatment by insertion of a vena cava filter and venous thrombectomy before the occurrence of severe respiratory failure.
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