Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty

Pulmonary cement embolism (PCE) is a known complication that can occur in the setting of vertebroplasty. The majority of these cases are asymptomatic and found incidentally on imaging. There are no current management recommendations regarding PCE. We present a case of a patient who underwent vertebr...

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Autores principales: Malik, Muhammad K, Wroblewski, Igor, Darki, Amir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332403
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39194
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description Pulmonary cement embolism (PCE) is a known complication that can occur in the setting of vertebroplasty. The majority of these cases are asymptomatic and found incidentally on imaging. There are no current management recommendations regarding PCE. We present a case of a patient who underwent vertebroplasty complicated by a symptomatic sub-massive PCE.
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spelling pubmed-102766582023-06-18 Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty Malik, Muhammad K Wroblewski, Igor Darki, Amir Cureus Cardiology Pulmonary cement embolism (PCE) is a known complication that can occur in the setting of vertebroplasty. The majority of these cases are asymptomatic and found incidentally on imaging. There are no current management recommendations regarding PCE. We present a case of a patient who underwent vertebroplasty complicated by a symptomatic sub-massive PCE. Cureus 2023-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10276658/ /pubmed/37332403 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39194 Text en Copyright © 2023, Malik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Malik, Muhammad K
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title Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty
title_full Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty
title_fullStr Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty
title_short Pulmonary Cement Embolism After Vertebroplasty
title_sort pulmonary cement embolism after vertebroplasty
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276658/
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