More research is needed to determine exactly what causes AFE. A septic embolism occurs when a piece of infected tissue from ...

He presented with hemiparesis owing to brain embolism from multiple septic emboli originating from the aneurysm. Multidetector computed tomographic angiography contributed to the diagnosis.

fat embolism, when when fat droplets, typically released from bone marrow (often after a fracture), enter the bloodstream and lodge in blood vessels; and septic embolism, involving emboli that ...

Cranley found the heart to be the source of emboli in 90% of cases, proximal arterial disease in 1%, and rare causes of arterial embolism in the rest, which frequently remain without a recognized ...