Transepidermal migration of external cardiac pacing wire presenting as a cutaneous nodule

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5 II, 2000, Pages 865-866

  Matwiyoff, Gregg N ^a,b   McKinlay, Joseph R ^a,b   Miller, C H ^a,b   Graham, Bradley S ^a,b  

^a Naval Medical Center San Diego ^*

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE;

EID: 0034109971     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(00)90255-x     Document Type: Article

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