title: Contact dermatitis after implantable cardiac defibrillator implantation for ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: Pacemaker contact sensitivity is a rare condition. Less than 30 reports of pacemaker skin reactions have been described. We report a 57-year-old woman who underwent an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation for ventricular tachycardia. A skin patch test was positive on almost all components of the pacemaker system. She was treated with topical corticosteroids and skin lesions resolved within 2 weeks. Because of widespread use of various devices, we will see this more often and therefore it is important to recognize this problem and its effective management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Aksaray State Hospital, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Aksaray State Hospital, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inci
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mevlut Serdar
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kuyumcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kus
keywords: Dermatitis; implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD); skin patch test