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Chest X-ray showing linear opaque lesion in left pulmonary artery.
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Chest radiography showed an opaque linear lesion in the left pulmonary artery (Fig. 1), which raised the suspicion of bone cement pulmonary embolism.
Hyperdense lesion on left pulmonary artery.
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Parenteral anticoagulation was started, and patient underwent pulmonary spiral CT-scan which revealed artifact-like hyperdense area in main pulmonary artery and left pulmonary artery suggestive of cement embolism (Fig. 2, Fig. 3).