Fat emboli responsible for ischemic stroke in reconstructive eye surgery
Fat emboli responsible for ischemic stroke in reconstructive eye surgery
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DOI:
10.1007/s00415-010-5621-5
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发表时间:
2010-06
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
Sarah Tolédano;Julie Zyss;S. Gerber;M. Rodallec;M. Zuber
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作者:
Sarah Tolédano;Julie Zyss;S. Gerber;M. Rodallec;M. Zuber
A 33-year-old woman underwent autologous fat injection in the left orbit during reconstructive eye surgery before replacement of an infected eye prosthesis. Past medical history was uneventful except for anophthalmia since age 6, responsible for several operations over the past decade. After removal of the infected prosthesis, a partial reconstruction of the orbit was performed. Eight 1-mL syringes, each containing 1 mL of autologous fat were injected, two into the margo orbitalis region, and the six others into the orbital cavity. No cardiac arrhythmia or drop of blood pressure was recorded during surgery or the postoperative period. Upon awakening, the patient presented a complete right hemiplegia.Brain MRI revealed a large cerebral infarction in the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory (Fig. 1). Cervical and transcranial ultrasonography, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, 24 h-Holter ECG and the biological workup were all normal. In addition to cerebral ischemia, MRI showed the presence of T1-hyperintensive abnormalities, both in the left cavernous sinus and in several distal branches of the left MCA. These abnormalities disappeared on sequences with fat saturation, confirming their