A Systematic Review of the Causes and Management of Nonthrombotic Embolic Stroke of Tissue Origin

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.31em"/><col style="width:14.65em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Traumatic </td><td class="align_center">Nontraumatic </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bone fractures, particularly long bones or pelvis (6)</td><td class="align_center">Pancreatitis (2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Orthopaedic procedures (12)</td><td class="align_center">Sickle cell haemoglobinopathies (6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Autologous fat injection (10)</td><td class="align_center">Lipid injection (lymphography) (2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cardiac surgery (3)</td><td class="align_center">Muscular dystrophy (5)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pleural irrigation (1)</td><td class="align_center">Hepatic failure/necrosis (2)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Causes of cerebral fat embolism (number of case reports with specific etiology identified).</div>

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Table 2: A Systematic Review of the Causes and Management of Nonthrombotic Embolic Stroke of Tissue Origin 