Citation

Padovani B, Kasriel O, Brunner P, Peretti-Viton P. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 1999; 20(3): 375-377.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Society of Neuroradiology)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10219399

Abstract

A pulmonary embolus of acrylic cement was present in a 41-year-old woman with Langerhans' cell vertebral histiocytosis (LCH) after percutaneous vertebroplasty. Chest radiograph and CT confirmed pulmonary infarction and the presence of cement in the pulmonary arteries. She was treated with anticoagulants, and responded favorably. This rare complication occurred because perivertebral venous migration was not recognized during vertebroplasty. Adequate preparation of cement and biplane fluoroscopy are recommended for vertebroplasty.

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