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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · Nov 2006
Review Case ReportsPacemaker contact dermatitis: The effective use of a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet.
- Kensuke Ishii, Eitaro Kodani, Shinjiro Miyamoto, Toshiaki Otsuka, Masaru Hosone, Ken-ichi Ogata, Wataru Sato, Shin Matsumoto, Takeshi Tadera, Chikao Ibuki, Yoshiki Kusama, and Hirotsugu Atarashi.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. kensukeishii@syd.odn.ne.jp
- Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2006 Nov 1;29(11):1299-302.
AbstractA 52-year-old man with Down's syndrome was implanted with a DDDR pacemaker for advanced atrioventricular block. He was admitted with development of skin eczema and partial exposure of the generator 1 year after reimplantation. There was no evidence of infection on laboratory data. A skin patch test was positive for the metal of the generator (purity 99.9% titanium) after 72 hours. These findings indicated pacemaker contact dermatitis. After the patient was reimplanted with a pacemaker wrapped with a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, there has been no recurrence of the contact dermatitis during a follow-up period of 3 years.
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