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Right rib x-ray showing multi-level kyphoplasty with a linear branching radiopacity in the right mid to upper lung field compatible with PMMA embolism (circle).
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Chest X-Ray revealed linear, branching radiopacity overlying the right mid to upper lung fields (Fig. 1).
CT Chest with IV contrast revealing multiple small branching tubular hyperdensities within the right upper lobe pulmonary vasculature compatible with cement emboli from recent vertebroplasty (circle).
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A subsequent chest CT scan with intravenous contrast demonstrated multiple, small, branching, tubular hyperdensities contained in the right upper lobe pulmonary vasculature; compatible with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement emboli (Fig. 2).