Korean J Med.  2004 Nov;67(5):528-531.

Acute pericarditis caused by penetrated polymethylmethacrylate of the right ventricle after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. swpark@amc.seoul.kr
  • 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) has been known as minimally invasive procedure to treat aggressive vertebral hemangioma, painful osteolytic vertebral tumors, and osteoporotic compression fractures. Some cases were reported to be associated with infrequent but serious complications of this procedure, such as severe arterial hypotension, pulmonary embolism, cerebral embolism, paraplegia, and bronchospasm. We report a case of acute pericarditis after PVP, which was treated successfully with open heart surgery.

Keyword

Pericarditis

MeSH Terms

Bronchial Spasm
Fractures, Compression
Heart Ventricles*
Hemangioma
Hypotension
Intracranial Embolism
Paraplegia
Pericarditis*
Polymethyl Methacrylate*
Pulmonary Embolism
Thoracic Surgery
Vertebroplasty*
Polymethyl Methacrylate
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