PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marden, F.A.
AU  - Putman, C.M.
TI  - Cement-Embolic Stroke Associated with Vertebroplasty
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1159
DP  - 2008 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1986--1988
VI  - 29
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/10/1986.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/10/1986.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2008 Nov 01; 29
AB  - SUMMARY: Major neurologic morbidity and mortality with vertebroplasty are rare. We describe a 71-year-old woman who had a stroke approximately 30 minutes after vertebroplasty. Imaging revealed that bone cement had embolized to the left middle cerebral artery. Emergency embolectomy was attempted but was unsuccessful. This report emphasizes the need to be aware that intracranial embolization of polymethylmethacrylate can occur and describes management strategies to consider.