UNKNOWN DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR
Report
- Report Number
- 3007566237-2011-04689
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 23, 2011
- Date of Event
- April 13, 2010
- Report Date
- August 6, 2010
- Manufacturer
- MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
- Product Code
- MHY
- PMA / PMN Number
- P960009
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- TW
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
(B)(4). IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE OR TO MATCH THE EVENTS REPORTED WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. AT THIS TIME NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. A COPY OF THIS ARTICLE CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.INTERSCIENCE.WILEY.COM.
LITERATURE: LAI SC, JUNG SM, GRATTAN-SMITH P, ET AL. NEURONAL INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION DISEASE: TWO CASES OF DOPA-RESPONSIVE JUVENILE PARKINSONISM WITH DRUG-INDUCED DYSKINESIA. MOV DISORD. JUL 15 2010;25(9):1274-1279. SUMMARY: THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBED TWO CHILDREN WITH NEURONAL INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION DISEASE (NIID) WHO PRESENTED WITH DOPA-RESPONSIVE JUVENILE PARKINSONISM, AND WHO HAD INITIAL GOOD LEVODOPA RESPONSE THAT WAS COMPLICATED BY DISABLING DOPA-INDUCED DYSKINESIA. BOTH PATIENTS DIED WITHIN 10 YEARS OF SYMPTOM ONSET. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSED DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND NEUROPATHOLOGICAL FINDS. EVENT: ONE FEMALE WHO UNDERWENT SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) EXPERIENCED A RETURN OF SYMPTOMS 6 MONTHS POST SURGERY AFTER INITIAL IMPROVEMENT OF TREMOR AND BRADYKINESIA, AND DEPRESSION AND LABILE EMOTION ONE YEAR AFTER SURGERY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED RECURRENT INFECTIONS AND DIED DUE TO ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AFTER SURGERY. THE AUTHORS INDICATE THAT THE PATIENT'S WIDESPREAD PATHOLOGY PROBABLY ACCOUNTED FOR THE LACK OF SUSTAINED RESPONSE TO DBS. THE PATIENT'S MOTOR SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO SURGERY HAD PROGRESSED RAPIDLY AND HER COGNITIVE FUNCTION HAD DECLINED. THE PATIENT HAD DEMONSTRATED SEVERE GAIT ATAXIA, DYSARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA, SACCADIC PURSUIT AND NYSTAGMUS, BLEPHAROSPASM AND FOCAL DYSTONIA IN DISTAL LIMBS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNKNOWN DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR | MHY | MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION | UNK | NA |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 YR | Other | IMPLANTED:| LEAD: MODEL LEADN, LOT# UNK| EXTENSION: MODEL UNK, LOT# UNK| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| EXPLANTED:| EXTENSION: MODEL UNK, LOT# UNK| EXPLANTED:| LEAD: MODEL UNK, LOT# UNK |