Síndrome de embolismo graso con demencia como secuela

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare disease that occurs between 12-72 hours after traumatic long bone fractures. Their main characteristics are pulmonary, cerebral and skin manifestations. Neurological abnormalities are frequent (up to 86 %) and variable, however most of the patients recover without sequelae. There are no universal criteria for fat embolism syndrome diagnosis, but when neurological involvement is suspected an MRI of the head should be performed. We present the case of a patient with FES with neurological involvement who presented dementia as sequela. This sequela, related to FES, has not been found in other publications.