An 80-year-old man was implanted with a DDD pacemaker to treat his sick sinus syndrome in 1990.Eleven years later, he had a pocket Jeans Girl’s infection and cutaneous inflammation.Blood cultures were negative, and 67Ga scintigraphy revealed uptake in the left subclavian region.
However, intense abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake along the pacemaker leads was detected with positron emission tomography Closed End Screw Connectors (PET).Thoracotomy was performed, vegetations were removed from the right atrial wall and the tricuspid leaflet, encapsulating fibrous tissue was incised, and the lead was removed from the right ventricle.