Pacing Lead-Induced Granuloma in the Atrium: A Foreign Body Reaction to Polyurethane
We described a case of an 82-year-old male who presented with a granuloma entrapping Lycopene the polyurethane-coated pacing lead at the site of contact on the atrium.He had been paced for 8 years without symptoms or signs suggestive of an allergic reaction to the pacemaker system and died from thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery and heart