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*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages.
*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages.


==Cerebellar white mater predominant petechial hemorrhage==
==Cerebral white mater predominant petechial hemorrhage==
*AKA ''brain purpura''.
*AKA ''brain purpura''.
*Etiology: fat embolism syndrome secondary to trauma.
 
*Image: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/COW/COW081.html FE (med.utah.edu)].
===General===
Etiology:  
*Fat embolism syndrome - secondary to trauma.
 
===Gross===
Features:<ref name=pmid7423578>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kamenar | first1 = E. | last2 = Burger | first2 = PC. | title = Cerebral fat embolism: a neuropathological study of a microembolic state. | journal = Stroke | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | pages = 477-84 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 7423578 }}
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*Multiple white matter petechiae.
 
DDx - medical imaging:
*[[Diffuse axonal injury]].<ref name=pmid22406792>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kumar | first1 = S. | last2 = Gupta | first2 = V. | last3 = Aggarwal | first3 = S. | last4 = Singh | first4 = P. | last5 = Khandelwal | first5 = N. | title = Fat embolism syndrome mimicker of diffuse axonal injury on magnetic resonance imaging. | journal = Neurol India | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 100-2 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0028-3886.93597 | PMID = 22406792 }}</ref>
 
Image:  
*[http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides/3/fluids-hemo_files/flh212.jpg FE (duke.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides/3/fluids-hemo.htm http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides/3/fluids-hemo.htm]. Accessed on: 25 March 2012.</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid7423578/>
*Intravascular fat globules.


==See also==
==See also==
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