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A 28-year-old patient had been diagnosed with multifragmental fracture of the right hip. On the third day after the injury, he began to complain of pain in the right side of chest, difficult respiration. A day later the patient died of progressive heart and respiratory failure. Histological study of pulmonary and cerebral blood vessels revealed orange sudanophilic droplets that completely obstructed the vessels of microvasculature. What complication caused the death of the patient?

Answer options

  1. Fat embolism
  2. Gas embolism
  3. Microbial embolism
  4. Drug - induced embolism
  5. Thromboembolism
Correct answer

Fat embolism

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