Embolia grasa cerebral de presentación inusual: reporte de caso

Abstract

Cerebral fat embolism (CFE) is an incomplete and rare form of fat embolism syndrome (FES), characterized by variable neurological compromise, including irritability, headache, seizures, stupor, and coma. It usually occurs in the first 12 to 72 hours after trauma. The case of a 77-year-old patient with a diagnosis of primary membranous glomerulonephritis is presented, who during hospitalization presented neurological deterioration, with altered state of consciousness, as a pure manifestation of fat embolism; which represented a diagnostic challenge given the causal association of non-traumatic origin, considered infrequent.