Systemic Allergic Contact Dermatitis Due to a GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder Device

Charles D. Resor, MD; Ari M. Goldminz, MD; Prem Shekar, MD; Robert Padera, MD, PhD; Patrick T. O’Gara, MD; Pinak B. Shah, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2020)

Systemic Allergic Contact Dermatitis Due to a GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder Device

Charles D. Resor, MD,
Ari M. Goldminz, MD,
Prem Shekar, MD,
Robert Padera, MD, PhD,
Patrick T. O’Gara, MD,
Pinak B. Shah, MD

Affiliations

Charles D. Resor, MD: The CardioVascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Address for correspondence: Dr. Charles D. Resor, The CardioVascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, South 6, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
Ari M. Goldminz, MD: Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Prem Shekar, MD: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Padera, MD, PhD: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hosptial, Boston, Massachusetts
Patrick T. O’Gara, MD: Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Pinak B. Shah, MD: Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 12
pp. 1867 – 1871

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Nickel hypersensitivity is a rarely reported complication of percutaneous patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect closure. Herein, we report a case of systemic allergic contact dermatitis to nickel present in a GORE CARDIOFORM (W.L. Gore, Flagstaff, Arizona) septal occluder that resolved following explanation. To our knowledge this is the first published case of nickel hypersensitivity associated with this device. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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