FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

RESTYLANE INJECTABLE GEL

MDR report key: 1032475 · Received April 18, 2008

Report

Report Number
9710154-2008-00006
Event Type
Other
Date Received
April 18, 2008
Date of Event
February 27, 2008
Report Date
April 17, 2008
Manufacturer
Q-MED AB
Product Code
LMH
PMA / PMN Number
P020023
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE RESTYLANE LOT NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE WERE REPORTED AS 9127 AND 01/2010. ADDITIONAL PMA/510(K) NUMBER: P040024.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS SPONTANEOUS REPORT OF A NON-SERIOUS, UNLABELED EVENT (HERPES ZOSTER) IS BEING SUBMITTED AS A 10-DAY REPORT. A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTED THAT A (B) (6) FEMALE PT RECEIVED INJECTIONS OF RESTYLANE INJECTABLE GEL (INJECTABLE DERMAL FILLER) INTO ACNE SCARS ON THE GLABELLA, CHIN AND LEFT CHEEK ON (B) (6) 2008. ANESTHESIA PRE PROCEDURE INCLUDED AN UNSPECIFIED TOPICAL. THE PT HAD NO SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL HISTORY. THE PT WAS NOT TAKING CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS. ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT EXPERIENCED BLACK AND BLUE, RED SWOLLEN AND PAIN IN THE GLABELLA AREA. THE AREA ALSO HAD SMALL WHITEHEADS WITH PUS. ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT WAS EXAMINED BY THE CALLER AND REFERRED TO HER PHYSICIAN AS THE CALLER BELIEVED THE SYMPTOMS TO BE SHINGLES. ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT WAS EXAMINED BY HER PHYSICIAN AND DIAGNOSED WITH SHINGLES AND HAD A VIRAL CULTURE TAKEN. THE PT WAS PRESCRIBED VALTREX (VALACYCLOVIR HCL) AND A CULTURE WAS DONE. THE PT TREATED THE AREA WITH ICE FOR A "FEW DAYS". ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT WAS SEEN BY THE PHYSICIAN WHO INDICATED PROGRESS TOWARD IMPROVEMENT. ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT STATED HER CONDITION WAS THE SAME AND HAD DEVELOPED NEW LARGE PIMPLES IN THE GLABELLA AREA. THE PHYSICIAN NOW DIAGNOSED THE SYMPTOMS AS A BACTERIAL INFECTION AND PRESCRIBED ZITHROMAX (AZITHROMYCIN). BACTROBAN OINTMENT (MUPIROCIN) WAS ALSO PRESCRIBED. ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE, THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE VIRAL CULTURE RESULTED IN NO VIRUS ISOLATED. (IT TOOK 3.5 WEEKS TO GET THE RESULTS). ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT WAS SEEN BY THE CALLER WHO REPORTED AN AREA OF 1 INCH BY 1/3 INCH STILL RED AND HAS ONE SMALL SCAB IN THE GLABELLA AREA. ON (B) (6) 2008, ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED WAS THAT THE SYMPTOMS ARE NOW DIAGNOSED AS AN ISCHEMIC EVENT. THE PT WAS INSTRUCTED TO APPLY WARM COMPRESSES TO THE AREA, WASH WITH CETAPHIL CONTINUE WITH BACTROBAN AND FOLLOW UP IN A WEEK. ON (B) (6) 2008, THE PT PRESENTED HERSELF (WITH A NEW PUSTULE) TO A PLASTIC SURGEON THAT "POPPED" THE PUSTULE AND RULED OUT A VASCULAR EVENT. ON (B) (6) 2008, ADDITIONAL INFO WAS RECEIVED THAT THE EVENT IS DIAGNOSED AS HERPES ZOSTER (HERPES ZOSTER).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RESTYLANE INJECTABLE GEL INJECTABLE DERMAL FILLER LMH Q-MED AB NA 9127

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 37 YR