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KMID : 0385920160270030288
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2016 Volume.27 No. 3 p.288 ~ p.291
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Asymptomatic Bone Cement Pulmonary Embolism after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Case Report
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Shi Hye-Jin
Kim Sung-Eun
Seo Won-Woo
Sohn Sung-Min
Wang Sung-Ho
Park Sung-Rock
Lee Sang-Ki
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Asymptomatic diseases, Bone cements, Percutaneous vertebroplasty, Pulmonary embolism
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