Intraoperativ tödliche Fett- und Knochenmarksembolie der Lunge bei Implantation einer Hüftendoprothese mit Polymethylmethacrylathaltigem Knochenzement

: We report on an intraoperative lethal fat embolism and bone marrow embolism of the lung caused by implantation of hip endoprosthesis using acrylic bone cement. Autopsy revealed massive fat embolism of the lung and multiple bone marrow emboli within branches of the pulmonary arteries. It is concluded that there is a close relationship between implantation of hip endoprosthesis and death because fat embolism and bone marrow embolism was the only available evidence on post mortem examination.