Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Tuba Gümüs

Publications

• Case Report
  A Fat Embolism Case with Fat Globules on Retinal Examination
  Author(s): Eyüp Sabri Uçan, Ali Osman Saatçi, Onur Turan, Önder Limon and Tuba GümüsEyüp Sabri Uçan, Ali Osman Saatçi, Onur Turan, Önder Limon and Tuba Gümüs
  
  Fat embolism, which is an important type of non-trombotic embolism, is generally seen as a complication of long bone trauma. It presents with respiratory, circulatory, neurologicalsystem symptoms. This multisystemic diseases may end with mortality. A 27-year-old man referred to our hospital with confusion, dyspneaand fever. His complaints started after a long leg cast applied because of a right tibia fracture 36 hours ago. Chest radiographshowed bilateral reticulonodular densities His arterialbloodgases measurement revealed hypoxemiaand hypocapnia. There was no pulmonary embolismshown in thorax CT angiography, as demonstrating bilateral diffuse infiltrations. Fat embolism was thought in differential d.. Read More»
  

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