Cement emboli

Acute right atrial and pulmonary artery bone cement mass emboli following vertebroplasty

Cardiac and pulmonary artery emboli are lethal complications following vertebroplasty. Clinicians should recognise these fatal complications immediately and surgical extraction is mandatory and provides the best outcome.

Bilateral pulmonary emboli.

To cite: Galante O, Lador N, Schwarzfuchs D. BMJ Case Reports Published online: 17 December 2012 doi:10.1136/bcr-2012007827 DESCRIPTION A 79-year-old woman presented with an aggravating effort dyspnoea during the preceding week. On examination, her oxygen saturation was 87% while breathing ambient air; her blood pressure was 120/75; she had distended neck veins; normal breath sounds and regular...

Genesis of fat emboli.

Calcified cerebral emboli.

Intracranial calcifications may represent calcified cerebral emboli. Calcified emboli may be overlooked even though cerebral CT is widely used as a stroke assessment. We report 4 cases of calcified cerebral emboli and demonstrate the value of CT in the diagnosis and temporal evaluation of such emboli.

Platelet - Leukocyte Emboli

FALL/1973 R. L. Swank R. S. Connell M. C. Webb Microemboli composed of aggregates of platelets and leukocytes can become a serious threat to the microvasculature. These aggregates develop in blood --stored for future transfusion, and during hemorrhagic and traumatic shock. During the use of the extracorporeal circulation, these causal factors combine together with the trauma of suction, pumping...