Cerebral infarction following facial autologous fat transplantation: report of two cases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-7876.2018.10.011
- VernacularTitle:面部自体脂肪移植术中并发急性脑梗死二例
- Author:
Renjie JI
1
;
Ziqi XU
;
Benyan LUO
Author Information
1. 浙江大学医学院附属第一医院神经内科
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Embolism,fat;
Face
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2018;51(10):836-838
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Facial autologous fat transplantation is a common aesthetic procedure.Although this procedure is generally regarded as safe,several patients have experienced acute cerebral infarction after fat particles were incorrectly injected into the blood vessel.We report two cases of cerebral infarction following facial autologous fat transplantation:one patient suffered massive cerebral infarction due to the occlusion of internal carotid artery by fat embolus and died of stroke related complication,the other young women experienced acute ischemic stroke and ophthalmic artery embolism during this procedure and remained permanent blindness of right eye.Therefore,when a patient presents abrupt mental change,hemiplegia,blindness during autologous fat particle injection,doctors must consider the complication of cerebral infarction.
