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Pacemaker contact dermatitis: the effective use of a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet.

Ishii K, Kodani E, Miyamoto S, Otsuka T, Hosone M, Ogata K, Sato W, Matsumoto S, Tadera T, Ibuki C, Kusama Y, Atarashi H

Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

A 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.

Published 14 November 2006 in Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 29(11): 1299-302.
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