Malignant transformation of a chronically infected implantable cardioverter-defibrillator pocket Donna Kang, MD, Khuyen Do, MD, Jonathan Nattiv, MD,

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Malignant transformation of a chronically infected implantable cardioverter-defibrillator pocket Donna Kang, MD, Khuyen Do, MD, Jonathan Nattiv, MD, Meena Zareh, MD, Rahul Doshi, MD, FHRS HeartRhythm Case Reports Volume 4, Issue 7, Pages 307-309 (July 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2018.03.012 Copyright © 2018 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 A photograph of the patient's chronic nonhealing device pocket infection on left chest wall. HeartRhythm Case Reports 2018 4, 307-309DOI: (10.1016/j.hrcr.2018.03.012) Copyright © 2018 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 A hematoxylin–eosin stain of surgically resected chronically nonhealing device pocket infection showing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the deep dermis. The arrows are pointing to the SCC. HeartRhythm Case Reports 2018 4, 307-309DOI: (10.1016/j.hrcr.2018.03.012) Copyright © 2018 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions