Asymptomatic Bone Cement Pulmonary Embolism after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Case Report
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 288-291, 2016.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-168300
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary embolism is a rare complication after percutaneous vertebroplasty for compression fracture. Embolization is related to cement leakage outside the treated vertebral body into the adjacent venous system. We report on a case of pulmonary embolism with bone cement in the right pulmonary artery in a 75-year-old female who had undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty 2 months before. Her simple X-ray of the spine captured polymethyl metacrylate leakage from the vertebral body, which indicated the pathophysiology of this event.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pulmonary Artery
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Spine
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Bone Cements
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Fractures, Compression
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Vertebroplasty
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Asymptomatic Diseases
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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