FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

SCULPTRA

MDR report key: 2192018 · Received July 29, 2011

Report

Report Number
3002807108-2011-47939
Date Received
July 29, 2011
Report Date
July 29, 2011
Manufacturer
AVENTIS PHARMA GRUPPO LEPETIT S.R.L.
Product Code
LMH
PMA / PMN Number
P030050
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INITIAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM CONSUMER ON (B)(6) 2011: A FEMALE CONSUMER RECEIVED POLY-L-LACTIC ACID (SCULPTRA) INJECTIONS IN (B)(6) 2009 AND TWICE IN (B)(6) 2010. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT HARD NODULES HAVE FORMED ON BOTH SIDES OF HER MOUTH, CHIN, ALONG THE JAW LINE, AND IN A FEW OTHER AREAS. MOST OF THESE WERE VISIBLE. THE PLASTIC SURGEON WHO INJECTED THE POLY-L-LACTIC ACID, HAS ATTEMPTED TO TREAT SOME OF THESE NODULES BY INJECTING STEROIDS. THERE IS AN INITIAL SOFTENING AND SLIGHT DECREASE IN SIZE, BUT THE TREATED NODULES HAVE RESUMED THEIR SIZE AND HARDNESS. SOME OF THE UNTREATED NODULES CONTINUE TO GROW AND NEW ONES SEEM TO BE ARISING. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THE UNTREATED NODULES WERE CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS AND ANXIETY. NO FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SCULPTRA FACIAL FILLER LMH AVENTIS PHARMA GRUPPO LEPETIT S.R.L. UNK

Patients

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