FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GEL-FILLED MAMMARY IMPLANT

MDR report key: 15181 · Received August 10, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1003068
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 10, 1994
Date of Event
September 24, 1976
Report Date
August 7, 1994
Manufacturer
DOW CORNING CORP.
Product Code
FTR
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SHORTLY AFTER IMPLANT RPTR BEGAN HAVING RASHES AND NAILS DETERIORATED, WITHIN A FEW YEARS EYESIGHT BEGAN TO BLUR. FATIGUE SET IN. SHE WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME. LEGS HURT A LOT, MEMORY BEGAN TO GO BAD. LEGS, FEET AND HANDS SWELL. BEGAN HAVING HOT FLASHES IN HER 30'S AND IT WAS NOT MENOPAUSE. MANY MANY YEAST INFECTIONS, HEADACHES, BOWEL PROBLEMS, RASHES, CHEST PAIN, COULD NOT LIE ON STOMACH, NIPPLE NUMBNESS, LOWER BACK PAIN, FOOD ALLERGIES AND CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES, NUMBNESS IN HANDS AND FEET, MUSCLES WEAK, COLD ALL THE TIME AND EYES WEAK. SYMPTOMS HAVE CONTINUED TO PROGRESS OVER TIME, AS OF THIS DATE AND HAVE NOT IMPROVED. THE SAME RPTR IS REFERRED TO IN 1003067.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GEL-FILLED MAMMARY IMPLANT Implant SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT FTR DOW CORNING CORP. HH3615

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 25 YR Required Intervention| S