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We present a rare case of significant inferior vena cava cement burden that resulted in pulmonary embolism.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 74-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of severe osteoporosis, recurrent falls, and spinal compression fracture status post-kyphoplasty of the L4\u2013L5 vertebrae, presents to the emergency department 2 days post-vertebral kyphoplasty due to chest pain, back pain, and dyspnea. Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen showed a metallic density within the inferior vena cava extending superiorly approximately 10\u00a0cm from the vertebral L5 level. She was also found to have right lower lobe pneumonia. The patient finished a 10-day course of antibiotics and was discharged home with a 1-month long course of anticoagulation with apixaban per recommendations of a multidisciplinary team consisting of Hematology\/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgery. Unfortunately, the patient was readmitted a month later with shortness of breath. Work up was notable for an influenza type A infection and computed tomography findings of pulmonary cement embolism. The respiratory distress was resolved with supportive care. Despite pulmonary cement burden, the multidisciplinary care team recommended no further anticoagulation. Patient was discharged home with close clinical follow-up and 6 months has since passed at the time of this report without reported complications.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A large cement burden in the inferior vena cava leading to pulmonary cement embolism is a rare event. A high burden of cement predisposes development of pulmonary embolism. A short course of anticoagulation may only be needed for asymptomatic patients.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-024-04656-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,28]],"date-time":"2024-08-28T00:01:51Z","timestamp":1724803311000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Cemented in place: kyphoplasty-associated pulmonary cement embolism: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Sung Jun","family":"Cho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hussein","family":"Magale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kiril","family":"Dimitrov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"4656_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1410","DOI":"10.1093\/rheumatology\/39.12.1410","volume":"39","author":"F Grados","year":"2000","unstructured":"Grados F, Depriester C, Cayrolle G, Hardy N, Deramond H, Fardellone P. 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