Intragastric migration of a pacemaker implanted in the pleural space.
We have encountered a 12-year-old boy with a pacemaker implanted in the left pleural space during early infancy that migrated into the stomach through the diaphragm due to severe scoliosis and occult infection. The intrathoracic implantation of a pacemaker in an infant should be assessed more carefully, taking the volume of the unit into consideration, because of this potentially life-threatening complication.
Isobe
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F
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Kosakai
Y
Y
Ono
Y
Y
Aragaki
Y
Y
Kamiya
T
T
D002648:Child; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010994:Pleura; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D013270:Stomach