All that Clots Is Not Blood: Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome Presenting as an Intracardiac Mass and Pulmonary Embolism.
May Anne CheongKenneth Michael ChewPublished in: Thrombosis and haemostasis (2022)
Bone cement implantation syndrome (BCIS) is a rare and potentially fatal perioperative complication of cemented orthopaedic surgery. A computed tomography pulmonary angiogram and echocardiogram images were acquired from an 88-year-old patient who had a perioperative collapse while undergoing a revision operation for a peri-implant fracture of the right femoral neck. Findings were suggestive of an intracardiac clot connected to a saddle pulmonary artery embolus. The patient also developed disseminated intravascular coagulation. Overall findings were suggestive of BCIS.
Keyphrases
- case report
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery
- total knee arthroplasty
- computed tomography
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- bone mineral density
- inferior vena cava
- cardiac surgery
- patients undergoing
- minimally invasive
- left atrial appendage
- soft tissue
- positron emission tomography
- total hip
- bone loss
- coronary artery bypass
- acute kidney injury
- atrial fibrillation
- acute coronary syndrome
- postmenopausal women
- magnetic resonance
- coronary artery disease