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Difüzyon MRG serebral yağ embolisinde hayat kurtarıcı araçtır: olgu sunumu

Diffusion weighted MRI may be a life saving tool in cerebral fat embolism: report of a case

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294–296
Publication Date
2022-11-04
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Diffusion weighted MRI of the brain should become the first step in the diagnostic algorithm of cerebral fat embolism and patients have neurological improvement with early diagnosis and appropriate management.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Cerebral fat embolism syndrome is a rare, but potentially lethal, complication of long bone fractures.
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Key Findings & Data:Neurological symptoms are variable, the clinical diagnosis is difficult and occurs in only 0.9-2.2% of these cases.
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Conclusion & Impact:Diffusion weighted MRI of the brain should become the first step in the diagnostic algorithm of cerebral fat embolism and patients have neurological improvement with early diagnosis and appropriate management.
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Cerebral fat embolism syndrome is a rare, but potentially lethal, complication of long bone fractures. Neurological symptoms are variable, the clinical diagnosis is difficult and occurs in only 0.9-2.2% of these cases. A 19 yearold male with no head injury suffered 3 epileptic seizures 17 hours after left femoral shaft and left tibia fractures. He had hypoxia. Chest x-ray and tho- racic computed tomography (CT) were normal. T2 and diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple hyperintesity within the bilateral basal ganglia. We thought that this indicated areas with multiple microemboli. He was intubated after clinical deteriotation. Heparin, acetylsalicylic acid, mannitol and corticosteroids were administered, he was operated on next morning for left femoral shaft and left tibia fractures and he showed neurological improvement after 24 hours. Diffusion weighted MRI of the brain should become the first step in the diagnostic algorithm of cerebral fat embolism and patients have neurological improvement with early diagnosis and appropriate management.

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Serebral Yağ Emboli Sendromu; uzun kemik kırıklarına bağlı ortaya çıkan nadir ve öldürücü bir komplikasyondur.Nörolojik semptomlar değişken olup klinik tanısı zor ve hastaların %0,9-2,2 sinde görülür. Burada 19 yaşında kafa travması olmaksızın sol femoral şaft ve tibia kırıkları olan, travma sonrası 17. saatte 3 kez epileptik nöbeti olan erkek hasta sunulmuştur. Hastanın hipokisi mevcuttu. Çektirilen PA-AC grafisi ve AC tomografisi normaldi. T2 ve Difüzyon MRGlerde multipl bilateral bazal ganglionlarda hiperintens lezyonlar saptandı. Bu görünümün multipl mikroembolilere bağlı olduğunu düşündük. Hasta klinik kötüleşme sonrası entübe edildi. Hastaya heparin, asetilsalisilik asit, mannitol ve kortikosteroid uy- gulandı. Ertesi gün sol femoral şaft kırığı ve tibia kırığı için opere edilen hastada klinik düzelme görüldü. Difüzyon MRG Serebral Yağ Embolisi tanı algoritminde ilk basamakta düşünülmelidir. Bu tür hastalar erken tanı ve uygun tedavi ile nörolojik düzelme göstermektedir.

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METE, M., DURANSOY, Y. K., SAVRAN, M., SELÇUKİ, M. (2022). Difüzyon MRG serebral yağ embolisinde hayat kurtarıcı araçtır: olgu sunumu. Türk Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi, Cilt: 40 - Sayı: 5, 294–296. https://ajindex.com/articles/619804

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