Case Presentation: We present a case of a 55-year-old female who sustained a T12 vertebral fracture from a fall a year and a half ago. She developed worsening pain and subsequently was referred for kyphoplasty. The patient had intense interscapular pain after the procedure combined with dyspnea on exertion. She was evaluated at an outside [...]

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 62 year old woman with past medical history of HTN, CAD, bipolar disorder, osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures, who presented to the ER 8 days after T6-T10 vertebroplasties, with pleuritic interscapular pain radiating toward the sternum. She had no dyspnea, palpitations, cough, hemoptysis. Had no tachycardia or [...]

Case Presentation: A Caucasian male in his early 60s with metastatic pancreatic cancer presented to the urgent care with complaints of neck pain. He recently underwent kyphoplasty at the level of T3-T4 two weeks prior. He noticed a growing lump in his neck that grew over the last two days and associated with excruciating pain. [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old female with mast cell activation syndrome, asthma, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, steroid-induced osteopenia and insulin-dependent diabetes presented to an outside hospital with acute on chronic thoracic back pain. There, she underwent kyphoplasty of T4-T7 for thoracic compression fractures and was discharged after a seemingly uncomplicated initial course. She returned 2 weeks [...]