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- Title
Fatal Fat Embolism After Penis Enlargement by Autologous Fat Transfer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Authors
Zilg, Brita; Råsten‐Almqvist, Petra
- Abstract
Fat embolism is an incidental finding in cases of long bone fractures or other trauma, but it is also associated with liposuction and autologous fat transfer, a procedure where fat from liposuction is injected back into the same patient's face, breast, buttocks or penis. We here present a case of sudden death by fat embolism in a healthy young male, caused by a simple penis enlargement procedure, in which fat was injected into the penis shaft. We suggest that the risk of fat embolization might be higher when pretraumatized tissue is subjected to fat injection, like in this case, where a penis elongation was performed before the fat injection.
- Subjects
FAT embolism; LIPOSUCTION; PENIS enlargement
- Publication
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2017, Vol 62, Issue 5, p1383
- ISSN
0022-1198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1556-4029.13403