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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 1017-1018, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pacemaker contact sensitivity: clinical recognition and management

HI Abdallah, RK Balsara and AC O'Riordan
Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

We report a patient in whom vesicular lesions of the skin developed overlying the pacemaker at intervals of 3 to 8 months after each of three consecutive insertions. Patch skin tests were positive for titanium and polyurethane sensitization. Although pacemaker contact sensitivity is rare, its recognition is of vital importance to the pacemaker-dependent patient.

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