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Published on: February 28, 2012
Recurrence of B-cell lymphoma within an implantable cardioverter defibrillator wound scar
Vikrant Nayar1, Penny Wright, Peter J Pugh
1Department of Cardiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road Box 263, Ward K2, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. vikrantnayar@nhs.net
Abstract:
A 79-year-old man presented with relapse of non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma within the scar from his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. The ICD was re-sited before he proceeded to chest wall radiotherapy, which resulted in complete remission of the lymphoma. This is the first reported case of lymphoma recurrence within an ICD wound scar.
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