Fat embolism syndrome due to bone marrow necrosis in patients with hemoglobinopathies: A life-threatening complication mimicking thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Am J Hematol. 2019 Feb;94(2):E64-E66. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25363. Epub 2018 Dec 10.

Authors

Radhika Gangaraju¹, Jori E May¹, Lance A Williams 3rd², Vishnu B Reddy², Paul MacLennan³, Marisa B Marques²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
² Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 30479040
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25363

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Black or African American
Bone Marrow / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Embolism, Fat / diagnosis*
Embolism, Fat / ethnology
Female
Hemoglobinopathies / complications*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Necrosis
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / diagnosis*