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Published ahead of print on August 21, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1269
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Frequency and Outcome of Pulmonary Polymethylmethacrylate Embolism during Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

A. Venmansa, P.N.M. Lohlea, W.J. van Rooija, H.J.J. Verhaarb and W.P.Th.M. Malib

a Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands
b Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands


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  		Fig 1. Graph shows the distribution of treated osteoporotic compression fractures.


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  		Fig 2. A small pulmonary PMMA embolus is seen in the right upper lobe visible on a native chest CT scan (A) and on a chest radiograph (B).





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