Respiratory, neurologic and petechial triad after long bone fracture.
- Specialty
- Orthopedics
- Subspecialty
- Orthopedics / Trauma
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- FES
Etiology & mechanism
Marrow fat entering circulation causing pulmonary and cerebral embolism.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
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