A fatal case of bone marrow embolism of unknown cause masquerading clinically as dengue shock syndrome

Autor: Subramanian Kalaivani Selvi, Rakhee Kar, Mehalingam Vadivelan, Dharanipragada Krishna Suri Subrahmanyam
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, Vol 55, Iss 4, Pp 572-573 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.107827
Popis: Bone marrow fat embolism usually occurs following multiple bone fractures, intraosseous surgical procedures, following vigorous cardiac resuscitation, ecclampsia, sickle cell anemia, malignancies, etc. We present a case of 70-year-old male who presented with fever, cough with expectoration, respiratory distress, altered sensorium, hypotension and thrombocytopenia, and diagnosed to have dengue shock syndrome and expired within 1 day of admission. Postmortem lung biopsy revealed bone marrow fat embolism.
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