CASE RECORDS of the MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL. Case 23-2016. A 46-Year-Old Man with Somnolence after Orthopedic Surgery

N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 28;375(4):370-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1601840.

Authors

Victor Chiappa¹, R Gilberto Gonzalez¹, Farrin A Manian¹, Vikram Deshpande¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (V.C., F.A.M.), Radiology (R.G.G.), and Pathology (V.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (V.C., F.A.M.), Radiology (R.G.G.), and Pathology (V.D.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 27464205
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1601840

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms / pathology
Bone Neoplasms / surgery
Chondrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
Chondrosarcoma / pathology
Chondrosarcoma / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / etiology
Embolism, Fat / complications
Embolism, Fat / diagnosis*
Femoral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
Femur / diagnostic imaging
Femur / injuries
Femur / pathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pain / etiology
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Radiography