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Query: UMLS:C0034065 (pulmonary embolism)
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Supraventricular tachycardia as a presenting sign of pulmonary embolism is unusual. A 31-year-old man with incomplete T11 paraplegia on the basis of spinal cord ischemia developed supraventricular tachycardia 37 days after surgery to repair an aortic tear. Subsequent work-up revealed evidence of multiple submassive pulmonary emboli, despite thromboembolism prophylaxis. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for thromboembolic events when faced with cardiac rhythm disturbances in high-risk patients.
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PMID:Pulmonary embolism presenting as supraventricular tachycardia in paraplegia: a case report. 823 64

Methyl methacrylate (MMA) pulmonary embolism is a serious potential complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty. We present a case of a 28-year-old man who presented to an outside institution with pleuritic chest pain after MMA vertebroplasty of the T11 thoracic vertebra for chronic back ache secondary to a previous traumatic fracture. Multifocal MMA pulmonary embolism was identified on CT. The patient was referred to our institution following a wedge resection for pulmonary infarction. V/Q scintigraphy was performed and demonstrated normal ventilation with multiple mismatched perfusion defects bilaterally. Patient subsequently underwent central and bilateral segmental pulmonary embolectomies.
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PMID:Mismatched perfusion defects secondary to recent methyl methacrylate embolization. 2324 48