Pathology Questions-2

A 62-year-old woman has had atrial fibrillation
since experiencing a myocardial infarction
(MI) 7 months prior. Two weeks ago she was
hospitalized following a car accident in which
she suffered a compound fracture of her left
femur and several severe contusions. She now
returns to the emergency room with right flank
pain, hematuria, and left-sided paralysis. These
newly developing problems are most likely the
result of which of the following?
(A) air embolism from the compound
fracture
(B) bone marrow embolus from the fractured
femur
(C) fat embolism from the fractured femur
(D) systemic thromboemboli from the left
atrium
(E) venous thromboemboli from the deep
leg veins

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