Invasive ductal carcinoma of the male breast expanding from pacemaker pocket decubitus.
After twenty-five years of therapy with different unifocal pacemaking systems, an 84-year old male patient developed a nonseptic pacemaker decubitus. A rare incidental finding of invasive ductal carcinoma of the right mammary gland was surgically treated by a generous excision of the tumor and by consecutive modified radical mastectomy. According to published literature, the association of invasive ductal carcinoma arising from a pacemaker pocket decubitus and followed by curative treatment has not been previously reported. We do conclude that pacemaker generators in close relationship to the mammary gland should be considered with suspicion.
Knez
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Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery, Karl Franzens University & Medical School of Graz, Austria.
Cerwenka
H
H
Moinfar
F
F
Hoff
M
M
Mächler
H
H
Anelli-Monti
M
M
Radner
H
H
Rigler
B
B
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*