Abstract
Acute pericarditis caused by foreign material without trauma is rare. In the following case, acrylic bone cement penetrated the right ventricle (RV) after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). A 66-year-old woman presented with chest pain exacerbated by deep inspiration and recumbency. She had received PVP 8 days earlier to treat a vertebral compression fracture. Her chest radiograph showed fractured vertebra filled with bone cement in …
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