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Glue masquerading as a catheter: Retrieval of embolized vertebroplasty cement

Author(s) -

Meerayanan,

Ray 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.

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