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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2016;27(3): 288-291. |
| Asymptomatic Bone Cement Pulmonary Embolism after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Case Report |
| Hye-Jin Shi, Sung-Eun Kim, Won-Woo Seo, Sung-min Sohn, Sung-Ho Wang, Sung-Rock Park, Sang-Ki Lee |
| Department of Cardiology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
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Received: March 22, 2016; Revised: March 24, 2016 Accepted: May 4, 2016. Published online: June 30, 2016. |
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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. |
| Key words:
Asymptomatic diseases, Bone cements, Percutaneous vertebroplasty, Pulmonary
embolism |
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