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

• Main Authors: Charles D. Resor, MD, Ari M. Goldminz, MD, Prem Shekar, MD, Robert Padera, MD, PhD, Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, Pinak B. Shah, MD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
• Series: JACC: Case Reports
• Subjects: allergy; Gore Septal Occluder; nickel
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306872
• ISSN: 2666-0849

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.)