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INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2011: THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM A PHYSICIAN (DERMATOLOGIST) VIA A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AND INVOLVES A (B)(6) FEMALE. CONCOMITANT MEDICATION AND MEDICAL HISTORY WERE NOT REPORTED. ON (B)(6) 2010 THE FEMALE HAD BEEN TREATED WITH POLY-L-LACTIC ACID (SCULPTRA); APPLICATION SITE: AREA OF CHEEKS, NASOLABIAL AND SIDE OF CHIN. DOSAGE OF EACH APPLICATION: ONE BOTTLE OF POLY-L-LACTIC ACID DILUTED IN 7 ML WATER. SINCE (B)(6) 2011, THE FEMALE SUFFERED FROM 3-4 SUBCUTANEOUS, NON-VISIBLE BUT TACTILE IRRITATION-FREE NODULES IN THE AREA OF THE CHEEK (SIZE: 5-6 MM). ONE NODULE (LOCATED IN A (B)(6) SCAR) WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED. A HISTOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF POLY-L-LACTIC ACID WAS POSITIVE. THE REMAINING NON-VISIBLE NODULES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER OBSERVATION, NO CORRECTIVE TREATMENT IS PLANNED SO FAR. OUTCOME: ONGOING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT.