Male breast cancer from pacemaker pocket.
One year following implantation of a mercury zinc pulse generator under the right breast, a 75-year-old man developed an ulcerative tumor of the nipple. Initially, the process was misinterpreted as a pacemaker pocket infection, until a diagnosis of papillary adenocarcinoma was made. The patient died from generalized metastases. To our knowledge, the association of a pacemaker implant and male breast cancer has not been previously reported; the probability of this occurring by chance seems rather low.
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Stalsberg
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*