Poster 98 Cerebral Infarction Secondary to Cement Embolism Through a Patent Foramen Ovale After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty: A Case Report

PM&R ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. S193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Braden M. Boji ◽  
Johnathan Ho
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 098
Author(s):  
Lu He ◽  
Ge-sheng Cheng ◽  
Ya-juan Du ◽  
Yu-shun Zhang

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) and pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) have been both proposed as a mechanism for cerebral infarction. However, there are only a few reports on how to distinguish the role of the two factors in cerebral infarction.


2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaumya Ariyaratnam ◽  
Parag R Gajendragadkar ◽  
Richard J Dickinson ◽  
Phil Roberts ◽  
Kathryn Harris ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 2050313X2090459
Author(s):  
Ismael P Flores ◽  
Alexandre T Maciel

A few cases of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome have been described in the literature, some of them after thoracic or upper abdominal surgeries. In most cases, hypoxemia in the upright or sitting position, which is the main clinical symptom for this uncommon diagnosis, is usually related to a dynamic right to left cardiac shunt induced by anatomical changes in the relative position between the inferior vena cava and the atria in the presence of a patent foramen ovale. In this case report, we describe a situation in which platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome developed acutely before surgery but that became severely exacerbated after an open urologic surgery without a clear acute anatomical change that could be responsible for triggering the syndrome. This case might suggest that the pathophysiology of acute platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is not completely elucidated and that other possible triggers for acute clinical manifestation in addition to acute anatomical thoracic changes must be explored.


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