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Neurosurgery (67)
Author(s) -
Kemler Marius A.,
Barendse Gerard A.M.,
Van Kleef Maarten
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2001.1011-67.x
Subject(s) - medicine , erythema , rash , neurosurgery , pathophysiology , dermatology , spinal cord , reflex , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry
Recurrent rejection of a spinal cord stimulation system. (Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands) Contact Dermatitis 2000;42:304–305. This case report involved a 52‐year old male reflex sympathetic dystrophy patient. This brief report describes a patient who responded to spinal cord stimulation positively, but who could not continue to undergo this treatment because of inflammatory‐type reactions of unknown pathophysiology. Comment by R. Ruiz‐López, MD. This is a case report communication describing a patient who responded to spinal cord stimulation (SCS) positively, but who could not continue to undergo this modality because of inflammatory‐type reactions of unknown pathophysiology. Once signs and symptoms of infection with negative bacteriological cultures had occurred for 2 consecutive times, the authors suspected contact hypersensitivity to materials of the SCS system to be the cause of rejection. Although a very rare condition, allergic reactions to cardiac pacemakers have previously been reported. In this case, a striking feature was the lack of any visible skin reaction such as rash, erythema, local swelling, or pruritus.