FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SCULPTRA (POLY-L-LACTIC ACID)

MDR report key: 1820709 · Received August 27, 2010

Report

Report Number
3003496686-2010-49528
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 27, 2010
Report Date
August 26, 2010
Manufacturer
SANOFIAVENTIS U.S. LLC
Product Code
LMH
PMA / PMN Number
P030050
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FI
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INITIAL REPORT: THIS NON-SERIOUS SPONTANEOUS CASE REPORT FROM (B)(6) WAS REPORTED BY A PLASTIC SURGEON ON 19-AUG-2010 AND UPON MEDICAL REVIEW, HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO SERIOUS BASED ON THE RECLASSIFICATION FOR THE EVENT(S) FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT UTILIZING THE COMPANY'S NEW DEVICE REPORTING TREE - (B)(4). THIS CASE INVOLVES A (B)(6) FEMALE PT WHO RECEIVED POLY-L-LACTIC ACID (SCULPTRA) THERAPY TO THE ANTERIOR NECK IN (B)(6)-2010. THE DILUTION (NOS) WAS UP TO 10 ML. NO ADDITIONAL TREATMENT DETAILS WERE MENTIONED. WHEN THE PT RETURNED TWO MONTHS LATER TO RECEIVE A SECOND TREATMENT, THE PLASTIC SURGEON NOTICED THAT THE PT'S SKIN HAD NOT GOTTEN TAN AROUND THE INJECTION AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 5 CM HIGH AND IN MAXIMUM 12 CM WIDE. THE SECOND TREATMENT WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE PLASTIC SURGEON SAW THE PT AGAIN IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST AND AT THE TIME PIGMENT HAD FORMED A BIT AT THE LOWER PART OF THE AREA BUT THE LIGHT BLOTCH WAS STILL CLEARLY VISIBLE. RELEVANT MEDICAL HISTORY: PT UNDERWENT LIFT OF ANTERIOR NECK IN THE SPRING OF 2009 WHICH HEALED IN A NORMAL WAY. RELEVANT CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS: NOT MENTIONED. ACTION TAKEN: PERMANENTLY DISCONTINUED. CORRECTIVE TREATMENT - UNK. OUTCOME - NOT RECOVERED/ NOT RESOLVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SCULPTRA (POLY-L-LACTIC ACID) FACIAL FILLER LMH SANOFIAVENTIS U.S. LLC UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR Other PREV MEDS = UNK| CON MEDS = UNK