A fifteen year-old girl presented with several fractures after a road traffic accident. Five days later, fat embolism occurred, complicated by adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and disseminated coagulation (DIC). She was successfully managed in the intensive therapy unit, and was
We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman who presented with tachyarrhythmia, mild fever, peripheral oedema, ascites, epistaxis and gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Blood analysis revealed hyperthyroxinaemia. Analysis of thyroid-stimulating antibodies highlighted Graves' disease being the cause of