Polymethylmethacrylate Pulmonary Embolism Following Kyphoplasty
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Right ventricular perforation and pulmonary embolism with polymethylmethacrylate cement after percutaneous kyphoplasty.
A 58-year--old woman was referred to our center for further workup and treatment of a probable polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) embolism to the right ventricle (RV) and right pulmonary artery. The patient’s medical history included hypertension, hypothyroidism, hyperlipidemia, and anxiety. She developed lower back pain ≈1 month before admission and was diagnosed with multiple compression fractures...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2474-252X,2474-252X
DOI: 10.5811/cpcem.2019.4.42324