Key result
Dual-chamber PPM implantation linked to a nonhealing crusted chest lesion in a 78-year-old woman.
Population
A 78-year-old woman with a nonhealing lesion over a dual-chamber permanent pacemaker site
Design
Case report
Authors
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Nonhealing crusted lesions at pacemaker sites warrant dermatologic evaluation; this case leaves open etiology and management.
Case report of a 78-year-old woman presenting with a crusted lesion at a pacemaker implantation site.
Catherine Lyons (2026) studied this question. Dual-chamber permanent pacemaker implantation was followed by the development of a nonhealing, scablike crusted lesion over the left chest implantation site in a 78-year-old woman.