When the fat hits the brain-salvage STA-MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus.
Jorn Van Der VekenAnna Lo PrestiMichael J MulcahyMarcus Andrew StoodleyPublished in: BMJ neurology open (2020)
Knowledge of acute cerebral ischaemia due to large fat embolism and its hallmark 'hypodense artery' is mandatory. Extracranial to intracranial bypass is a feasible rescue treatment after failure of endovascular embolectomy.