Fatal fat embolism during ritual initiation
Todd, N.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 113(2): 133-137
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409 PMID: 1139497 Document Number: 85439
A young Coast Salish Indian woman became fatally ill during ritual Initiation into the Native Winter Spirit Dancing Society. She died from massive fat emboli associated with subcutaneous bruises that appeared clinically unimportant and were not associated with fractures or other underlying injury. The liver showed extreme fatty metamorphosis.
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