Open AccessGlue masquerading as a catheter: Retrieval of embolized vertebroplasty cement
Author(s) -
Meerayanan,
Ray V. Matthews
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v5n2p14
Subject(s) - percutaneous vertebroplasty , medicine , cement , percutaneous , radiology , bone cement , foreign body , pulmonary embolism , asymptomatic , surgery , complication , vertebral body , archaeology , history
Identification of foreign body objects may be difficult based on imaging characteristics. History is essential to making a diagnosis. Cement leakage is a common complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty and the optimal management for cement embolism remains unknown. This report presents a case of a 72-year-old female with asymptomatic pulmonary cement embolism, which was partially retrieved via a percutaneous endovascular approach.