Description of Event or Problem · 1
PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING AN MRI SCAN OF THE RIGHT HIP. WHEN THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE SCANNER AT THE COMPLETION OF THE EXAM, HE REPORTED TO THE TECHNOLOGIST THAT HIS UPPER THIGHS FELT LIKE THEY WERE BURNING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE PATIENT, TWO SMALL RED CIRCLES WERE PRESENT ON HIS INNER THIGHS WHERE THEY WERE TOUCHING, AND HE HAD BURNING PAIN PRESENT IN THAT AREA. AT THAT TIME, THE PATIENT DID NOT REQUEST MEDICAL TREATMENT AND LEFT THE FACILITY. THE NEXT DAY A FOLLOW UP CALL WAS PERFORMED. THE PATIENT STATED THE REDNESS WAS LESS AT THE END OF THE DAY (DAY OF EXAM), BUT THERE WERE PIN HEAD SIZE BLISTERS ON BOTH LEGS IN THAT AREA (3 ON RIGHT AND 2 ON LEFT) THAT EVENING. THE NEXT DAY (3/18) HE STATED THE BLISTERS WERE SCABBED OVER AND IMPROVING, AND SAID HE WAS OK. HE DID NOT INDICATE HE NEEDED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. ANOTHER ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CONTACT THE PATIENT A WEEK LATER, BUT HE DID NOT RETURN PHONE CALL. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID# (B)(4).