B-Cell lymphoproliferative disorder of an ICD pocket: a diagnostic puzzle in an immunosuppressed patient.
We present a case of a patient with lymphoma in an ICD pocket in the setting of posttransplant immune suppression. Infection of the ICD system was suspected and the correct diagnosis was established by biopsy.
Nemec
Jan
J
Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Swerdlow
Steven H
SH
Bazaz
Raveen
R
Saba
Samir F
SF
Shalaby
Ala A
AA
D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male