Infiltration and Fat Droplet Phagocytosis by Macrophages in the Alveoli may be the Most Likely Characteristics of Fat Embolism

• Main Authors: Bin Wang (Author), Fu Zhang (Author), Ning Xiao (Author), Xiang Xu (Author), Qi Wang (Author), Xiao-Hui Tan (Author), Tao Wang (Author), Hui-Jun Wang (Author), Dong-Ri Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a case of nontraumatic fat embolism syndrome with large amounts of macrophages with phagocytized fat droplets in the alveoli. A 46-year-old male presented with a glass-cut injury in his little finger. The wound was debrided and sutured at the hospital, but he was found dead 43 h after trea...