TY - JOUR
T1 - Delayed development of foreign body granuloma from an implanted permanent cardiac pacemaker
AU - Kootiratrakarn, Tanawatt
AU - Kimura, Yutaka
AU - Matsunaga, Jun
AU - Tagami, Hachiro
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - We report a case of a late-developing cutaneous mass on the chest wall that proved to be non-specific mixed cell granuloma adjacent to the lead-electrode parts of a permanent cardiac-pacemaker that had been implanted in the left chest of an 81-year-old man 6 years previously. The lesion was treated by cardiac surgeons, whose management consisted of cutting only the intradermal part of the lead-electrodes followed by tissue curettage, leaving the other portion embedded in the subendocardium because its removal could cause serious complications. Dermatologists should be alert to such late complications of embedded permanent pacemakers. Their removal requires close cooperation with cardiac surgeons to avoid unexpected complications.
AB - We report a case of a late-developing cutaneous mass on the chest wall that proved to be non-specific mixed cell granuloma adjacent to the lead-electrode parts of a permanent cardiac-pacemaker that had been implanted in the left chest of an 81-year-old man 6 years previously. The lesion was treated by cardiac surgeons, whose management consisted of cutting only the intradermal part of the lead-electrodes followed by tissue curettage, leaving the other portion embedded in the subendocardium because its removal could cause serious complications. Dermatologists should be alert to such late complications of embedded permanent pacemakers. Their removal requires close cooperation with cardiac surgeons to avoid unexpected complications.
KW - Foreign body granuloma
KW - Permanent cardiac pacemaker
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00532.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00532.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15235184
AN - SCOPUS:3142622755
VL - 31
SP - 460
EP - 463
JO - Journal of Dermatology
JF - Journal of Dermatology
SN - 0385-2407
IS - 6
ER -