Fat Embolus

Exam Cram

• Fat Embolus is when fat globules from e.g. a fracture break into the blood stream causing a clot

• Presentation: post vascular procedure (e.g. PCI) rash (livedo reticularis), AKI, eosinophilia

• Diagnosis: clinical

• Clinical: supportive

Different from a cholesterol embolus, an atheromatous clot. 

Written in 2025.