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Carcinoma of the Breast in a Pacemaker Pocket—Simple Recurrence or Oncotaxis?
Author(s) -
MAGILLIGAN DONALD J.,
ISSHAK GEORGE
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1980.tb04332.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mammary carcinoma , breast carcinoma , stimulus (psychology) , cardiology , oncology , carcinoma , breast cancer , cancer , psychology , psychotherapist
An 89‐year‐old female developed recurrent carcinoma of the breast in a pacemaker generator pocket. This is the fourth reported case of the occurrence of tumor in relation to a pacemaker and serves as a stimulus to review possible cause and effect relationships.