title: Peritoneal migration of an abdominally implanted epicardial pacemaker: a cause of intestinal obstruction.
abstract: We report the case of a 10-year-old child with an abdominally implanted epicardial pacemaker that eroded through the peritoneum and migrated to an intraperitoneal location, resulting in partial and then complete intestinal obstruction. This potentially life-threatening complication should be considered when a patient with an abdominally implanted pacemaker presents with abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Coran
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crowley
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Serwer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000151:congenital* / Q000628:therapy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011859:Radiography; D000267:Tissue Adhesions