Concrete proof of Murphy's law: a case report of intracardiac cement embolization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The literature describing the complications following kyphoplasty is limited. This case report is a reminder that novel therapeutic strategies can be associated with unexpected complications.

Case summary

A 61-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and degenerative lumbar disc disease underwent open posterior instrumented fusion with bilateral open L2 vertebroplasty elsewhere. A month after discharge, she presented to our institution with acute chest pain and dyspnoea. A subsequent gated cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiogram showed three distinct cardiopulmonary emboli. One of the cement fragments had perforated the inferior wall of the right ventricle close to the base of the posterior tricuspid valve leaflet with a moderate circumferential pericardial eff

SUBMITTER: Krithika R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9549597 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature