[Circumscribed reticular telangiectatic erythema following implantation of a heart pacemaker]

This is a short report of an erythema arising suddenly after implantation of a cardiac pacemaker on the right side of the thorax. The patient, the results of examination and histology, the thermophysiologic reactions are described and the diagnosis of cutaneous passive hyperemia offered, caused by the position of the pacemaker in connection with the multiple regional operation scars.