FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK MAMMARY IMPLANT

MDR report key: 11996184 · Received June 14, 2021

Report

Report Number
9617229-2021-07579
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 14, 2021
Date of Event
December 15, 2020
Report Date
October 5, 2022
Manufacturer
ALLERGAN (COSTA RICA)
Product Code
FWM
PMA / PMN Number
P990074
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PHYSICIAN FURTHER CONFIRMS "CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF ALCL". PHYSICIAN NOTED "THE LAST ASPIRATION OF FLUID DID NOT YIELD MUCH SAMPLE (FOR CD31 CELLS) AND WHEN IT WAS ANALYZED, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DETECT ANY SUSPICIOUS CELLS...THE FLUID AROUND THE IMPLANT WAS MINIMAL AND THAT THERE WERE NO CONCERNING FEATURES ON SCAN AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION." PATIENT ADDITIONALLY REPORTED "RIGHT BREAST HAD BECOME QUITE SWOLLEN AND LUMPY," PHYSICIAN "FOUND SOME FLUID WHICH WAS DRAINED AND SENT FOR CHECKING TO RULE OUT LYMPHOMA," FEELING "WORRY AND THE STRESS OF POSSIBLY HAVING LYMPHOMA," "BREASTS WERE EXTREMELY ODD LOOKING, SWOLLEN, ONE WAS MORE ELEVATED THAT THE OTHER AND THEY WERE QUITE PAINFUL." THE DEVICE HAS BEEN EXPLANTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PHYSICIAN REPORTED PATIENT HAS ASPIRATION SENT FOR ALCL TESTING. PATIENT ADDITIONALLY REPORTED "PAIN AND SWELLING" OF THE RIGHT BREAST. THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. PHYSICIAN FURTHER CONFIRMS "CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF ALCL". PHYSICIAN NOTED "THE LAST ASPIRATION OF FLUID DID NOT YIELD MUCH SAMPLE (FOR CD31 CELLS) AND WHEN IT WAS ANALYZED, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DETECT ANY SUSPICIOUS CELLS.THE FLUID AROUND THE IMPLANT WAS MINIMAL AND THAT THERE WERE NO CONCERNING FEATURES ON SCAN AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION." PATIENT ADDITIONALLY REPORTED "RIGHT BREAST HAD BECOME QUITE SWOLLEN AND LUMPY," PHYSICIAN "FOUND SOME FLUID WHICH WAS DRAINED AND SENT FOR CHECKING TO RULE OUT LYMPHOMA," FEELING "WORRY AND THE STRESS OF POSSIBLY HAVING LYMPHOMA," "BREASTS WERE EXTREMELY ODD LOOKING, SWOLLEN, ONE WAS MORE ELEVATED THAT THE OTHER AND THEY WERE QUITE PAINFUL." THE DEVICE HAS BEEN EXPLANTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE EVENT OF SEROMA-LATE IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE GENERALLY DOES NOT ASSIST ALLERGAN IN DETERMINING A PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT. FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE REPORTER REGARDING EVENT, PRODUCT, OR PATIENT DETAILS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REASON FOR REOPERATION: SEROMA, PAIN, SWELLING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PHYSICIAN REPORTED PATIENT HAS ASPIRATION SENT FOR ALCL TESTING. PATIENT ADDITIONALLY REPORTED "PAIN AND SWELLING" OF THE RIGHT BREAST. THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
886344 UNK MAMMARY IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM ALLERGAN (COSTA RICA) NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Female Required Intervention