Infiltration and Fat Droplet Phagocytosis by Macrophages in the Alveoli may be the Most Likely Characteristics of Fat Embolism  

作　　者：Bin Wang Fu Zhang Ning Xiao Xiang Xu Qi Wang Xiao‑Hui Tan Tao Wang Hui‑Jun Wang Dong‑Ri Li 

机构地区：[1]Department of Forensic Medicine,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515 [2]Guangdong Public Security Department,Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine,Guangzhou 510050,Guangdong Province,PR China

出　　处：《Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine》2016年第3期171-174,共4页法庭科学与法医学杂志（英文）

摘　　要：We report a case of nontraumatic fat embolism syndrome with large amounts of macrophages with phagocytized fat droplets in the alveoli.A 46‑year‑old male presented with a glass‑cut injury in his little finger.The wound was debrided and sutured at the hospital,but he was found dead 43 h after treatment.Autopsy results showed that the patient had steatohepatitis,accompanied by histological findings of fat droplets in the pulmonary capillaries.In the alveoli,we found a large number of macrophages with phagocytized fat droplets that showed stained.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first report of such a case,and the paper proposes that fat droplets phagocytized by a large number of macrophages may be a characteristic feature of fat embolism,which may be relevant to forensic pathology practice.

关 键 词：Fat droplet fat embolism forensic pathology macrophage nontraumatic 

分 类 号：R57[医药卫生—消化系统]