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Pacemaker pocket site with developing erythema around surgical scar.
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A 59-year-old woman with a history of recent placement of a dual-chamber permanent pacemaker (PPM) due to sick sinus syndrome was admitted to the hospital due to erythema, warmth, and fluctuance over the PPM site (Figure 1).
Pacemaker pocket site with purulence expression from the surgical scar.
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Physical examination on admission revealed a nondistressed woman, and her chest showed erythema overlying the PPM site with pain to palpation, fluctuance, and evidence of pus from surgical scar (Figure 2).
Pacemaker pocket site 2 months after the removal of pacemaker and antibiotic therapy.
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The patient was seen at 2 months and completed therapy at 4 months with proper healing of the PPM pocket site (Figure 3).