“…It was also noticed that, even in individuals in whom this foramen was closed, it could be opened by the occurrence of acute pulmonary hypertension such as those that may occur in a massive FE (5,6,8) . In arterial-path FE, the mostly affected organs are the brain (1,2,5,6,(18)(19)(20)(21) , skin (petechiae), and retina (13,19,20,(22)(23)(24)(25) . In thorough autopsies of car accident victims, however, fat emboli are also frequently found in kidneys, spleen, liver, adrenals, and myocardium (20,(24)(25)(26)(27) .…”