Magnetic resonance image of a cerebral fat embolism

A 25-year-old man with a traumatic tibial bone fracture. Rapid consciousness decline was noted at postfracture day 1, and the brain MRI was performed at postfracture day 2. Axial DWI (A) and corresponding axial ADC image (B) demonstrate scattered spot diffusion-restricted lesions in the bilateral striatum, left posterior internal capsule, insula, operculum, and periventricular white matter (type 1 pattern).