FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

RADIESSE DERMAL FILLER

MDR report key: 1952161 · Received December 29, 2010

Report

Report Number
2135225-2010-00096
Event Type
Other
Date Received
December 29, 2010
Date of Event
November 19, 2010
Report Date
December 1, 2010
Manufacturer
MERZ AESTHETICS, INC. (FORMERLY BIOFORM MEDICAL, INC.)
Product Code
LMH
PMA / PMN Number
P050052
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADD'L LOT USED: CATALOG #: 8069M0K1, LOT #: 1021467; EXP DATE: 05/01/2012. DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATE: 05/2010. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR RADIESSE LOTS 1021616 AND 1021467 WERE REVIEWED; ALL REQUIRED TESTING SPECS WERE MET PRIOR TO RELEASE AND THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED FOR THESE LOTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA) REPORTED THAT A PT WAS INJECTED WITH RADIESSE ON (B)(6) 2010 INTO PRE JOWL, MARIONETTE LINES AND NASOLABIAL FOLDS, AND EXPERIENCED SWELLING, REDNESS AND STINGING THREE DAYS POST INJECTION. THE PT WENT TO THE ER, WAS PRESCRIBED ORAL PREDNISONE AND RELEASED; DOSE AND FREQUENCY WERE NOT REPORTED. THE PT HAS NO KNOWN ALLERGIES. THE EVENTS WERE NOT DIAGNOSED AS AN ALLERGIC REACTION. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PT WAS SEEN BY THE INJECTING PA, WHO NOTED "PROFOUND ROSACEA" ON PT'S LOWER CHIN. AS OF (B)(6) 2010, THE PT REPORTED TO HAVE CONTINUED REDNESS, SWELLING, AND STINGING; AND SOME BURNING "IN HER CHEST THAT WAKES HER UP AT NIGHT." THE INJECTING PA DOES NOT WANT TO BE CONTACTED BY (B)(6) COMPLIANCE, CONSULTATION WAS REFUSED. ON (B)(6) 2010, AN UPDATE WAS RECEIVED FROM (B)(6) FIELD CLINICAL SPECIALIST WHO IS IN CONTACT WITH THE INJECTOR; THE PT WAS SEEN BY THE INJECTING PA OVER A WEEK AGO; "STILL REPORTING SOME SYMPTOMS OF IRRITATION, THOUGH NO OBJECTIVE FINDINGS."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RADIESSE DERMAL FILLER RADIESSE INJECTABLE IMPLANT LMH MERZ AESTHETICS, INC. (FORMERLY BIOFORM MEDICAL, INC.) 1021616

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR Other