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Fat Embolism Causes
Article updated and reviewed by Instructor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Editorial review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network on July 22, 2005.
A pulmonary embolism is a blockage of a pulmonary artery (major blood vessel in the lung) by a fragment of material. Most commonly, a thrombus (blood clot) blocks the artery. In most cases, the blood clot forms elsewhere in the body, then breaks off and travels to the lung. In a small...
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