FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALLERGAN SILICONE IMPLANT TEXTURED

MDR report key: 11929903 · Received June 2, 2021

Report

Report Number
MW5101684
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 2, 2021
Date of Event
September 14, 2020
Report Date
May 23, 2021
Manufacturer
ALLERGAN
Product Code
FTR
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FIVE (5) MAMMARY LYMPH NODES DISSECTED ATTACHED TO MAMMARY ARTERY LYMPHADENOPATHY. TWO MRIS BY MAYO / JAX ON (B)(6) 2019 AND (B)(6) 2020 INDICATED ENLARGED MAMMARY LYMPHNODES. SUBSEQUENT PETSCAN ON (B)(6) 2020 - SUSPICIOUS FOR MALIGNANT / METASTATIC. PROCESS THORACOSCOPY (B)(6) 2020. AS "GS" NOR RADIOLOGY COULD SAFELY REACH ARCA. FIVE ENLARGED NODES ADHERENT TO ARTERY, SO DISSECTED MAMMARY ARTERY ALONG WITH LYMPHNODES. DR (B)(6) ADVISED ME THIS WAS DUE TO IMPLANT. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE IMPLANT DUE TO MY AGE AND NEED FOR EXTENSIVE SURGERY AS IMPLANT UNDER MUSCLE. ALLERGAN SENT LETTER FOR FIRST TIME A FEW WEEKS AGO TO ADVICE ME OF RECALL. I FOUND OUT VIA (B)(6) OF ISSUE IN 2019 AND CONTACTED THEM TO CONFIRM I HAD RECALLED IMPLANT. FORM LETTER WAS ALL THEY SENT. DIDN'T SIGN IT NOR ADDRESS ONE BY "IVAME". I WILL BE PLEASED TO PROVIDE YOU ANY MEDICAL INFO. THIS HAS BEEN A LUMP AND DIFFERENT PROCESS TO OBTAIN HELP AS I FOUND THAT MOST DRS ARE NOT AWARE OF ISSUES WITH IMPLANTS. I CAN BE REACHED AT: (B)(6).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
822593 ALLERGAN SILICONE IMPLANT TEXTURED PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED FTR ALLERGAN 115-469

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Hospitalization| R