BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

    MRI

    MDR report key: 18931 · Received August 23, 1994

    Report

    Report Number
    MW4000613
    Date Received
    August 23, 1994
    Report Date
    August 23, 1994
    Manufacturer
    GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
    Product Code
    LNH
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    PA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    INVALID DATA

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    ON 6/28/94, PT WAS BEING GIVEN AN MRI OF SPINE OF PINCHED NERVE. THE TEST WAS ALMOST FINISHED WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG. SHE STATES THAT SHE FELT BURNING ON THE INSIDE OF HER BODY. THE BURNING CONTINUED DOWN TO HER RIGHT ARM AND THEN TO HER THROAT. SHE SAID THE MACHINE STARTED TO GO ON THE BLITZ AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FILM CAME OUT FUNNY. CO SAID THAT THE MACHINE COULD NOT CAUSE ANY BURNS; THE PROBLEM WOULD DISSIPATE. SHE WAS TAKEN TO AN INTERNIST. THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, CLOSED THE MRI DOWN AND SENT THE REMAINING PTS HOME. THE NEXT DAY HER HUSBAND NOTICED THAT HER GLANDS WERE ENLARGED AND A ROUND SPOT ON HER THROAT. AT THAT TIME, SHE BEGAN TO PASS BLOOD IN HER URINE. A DR DIAGNOSED THAT SHE HAD ELECTRICAL BURNS INTERNALLY, AND SHE WAS TOLD TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. OTHER SYMPTOMS EXHIBITED WERE LESIONS ON ABDOMEN, BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS ON HER BREAST, TINY LITTLE PINHEADS, EXTREMELY RED THROAT, GUMS INFLAMED AND NEUROLOGICAL PAIN.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 MRI LNH GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 *