Author(s)

Basheer Al-Sanouri¹, Ibrahim Al-Sanouri²

¹College of Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, USA.
²Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Gunderson Health System, La Crosse, USA.

We report a rare complication of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and respiratory failure following percutaneous vertebroplasty in a patient who has evidence of cement leakage. Cement injection was done two days prior to presentation and covered 2 vertebral levels for osteoporosis induced fractures.

ARDS: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, DAH: Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, ICU: Intensive Care Unit, PMMA: Polymethylmethacrylate

Al-Sanouri, B. and Al-Sanouri, I. (2016) Alveolar Hemorrhage and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Pulmonary Cement Following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with Polymethylmethacrylate. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 5, 419-425. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2016.511058.