What is fat embolus?
As the term suggests, this is a piece of fat, or clumps thereof, that somehow gets into the blood circulation (where normally it should not be) and travels and blocks smaller blood vessels, causing obstruction of blood supply, and many times, death. Fat embolus is the most feared, and usually fatal, complication of liposuction. What about tumor embolus? Tumor embolus is a piece of cancerous tissue that breaks off from the cancer-ravaged organ (like in cancer of the pancreas or liver) and gets into the circulation and travels with the blood flow. The cancer cells are then implanted on the “recipient” tissue or organ, supplied with that blood. How about air embolus? Air embolus is usually from the air inside a bottle or plastic bag of blood or intravenous fluid that accidentally gets transfused to a patient. A little air is well-tolerated by the body, but nonetheless, the fluid to be transfused is always allowed to fill the IV tubing all the way down to the needle, to get rid of all air,
