J Cardiovasc Imaging.  2020 Apr;28(2):156-157. 10.4250/jcvi.2019.0070.

A Bone Cement Mass in the Pulmonary Artery

• Park JR
• Hwang JY

• KMID: 2509461
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jcvi.2019.0070

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  Figure 1 Simple X-ray images of chest PA (A) and chest left-lateral (B) show a round radio-opaque mass made of coiled lines in the pulmonary artery and linear materials in the left and right pulmonary artery (arrow). The vertebroplasty was seen in a simple X-ray (A and B, arrow head).

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  Figure 2 (A) Computed tomography shows a lobulated mass with high attenuation (arrow) in the pulmonary artery. (B) The mass of bone cement was attached at pulmonary valve by transesophageal echocardiogram. LA: left atrium, PA: pulmonary artery, PV: pulmonary valve.

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