Fat emboli unleashed: an exceptional etiology of encephalitis in sickle cell disease

Ann Hematol. 2008 Nov;87(11):939-41. doi: 10.1007/s00277-008-0491-y. Epub 2008 Apr 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
  • Black People
  • Bone Diseases / pathology
  • Embolism, Fat / etiology*
  • Encephalitis / etiology*
  • Encephalitis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Intracranial Thrombosis / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Necrosis / pathology