Pulmonary fat embolism: a potentially new fatal complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

So far, there have been more than 761 million confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, with more than 6.8 million deaths. The most common direct causes of death for COVID-19 are diffuse alveolar injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Autopsy results have shown that 80-100% of COVID-19 patients have microthrombi which is 9 times higher than in patients with influenza. There are reported cases of fat embolism associated with Covid-19, but relevant epidemiological investigations and fatal cases of pulmonary fat embolism are lacking. In this report, we describe the first COVID-19 patient to die from pulmonary fat embolism.

Case presentation

A 54-year-old woman suddenly felt unwell while at work. She had difficulty breathing for 40 min and lost consciousness f

SUBMITTER: Kong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478277 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature