FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK MAMMARY IMPLANT

MDR report key: 23632010 · Received November 24, 2025

Report

Report Number
9617229-2025-20367
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 24, 2025
Date of Event
April 1, 2020
Report Date
November 24, 2025
Manufacturer
ALLERGAN (COSTA RICA)
Product Code
FWM
PMA / PMN Number
P990074
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE EVENT OF CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE GENERALLY DOES NOT ASSIST ALLERGAN IN DETERMINING A PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT. FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE REPORTER REGARDING EVENT, PRODUCT, OR PATIENT DETAILS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REASON FOR REOPERATION: SILICONE MIGRATION AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE, BAKER GRADE UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

PATIENT REPORTED ¿INCREASING CADENCE IN FLARE-UPS, INCLUDING SWELLING IN BOTH BREASTS¿, ¿HOT /BURNING FEELING¿, ¿GENERAL FEELING OF MALAISE¿ (NOT DEVICE RELATED), ¿STABBING PAIN IN LEFT BREAST¿, ¿BACK AND UNDER BREAST CRAMPING¿, ¿RESULTING IN BOTH IMPLANTS COMPLETELY CAPSULATED AND POTENTIALLY FIXED TO CHEST WALL¿. PATIENT LATER REPORTED "LIKELY A RETURN OF MY BREAST CANCER, ALSO IN MY LIVER AND POSSIBLY LUNG", "SOME KIND OF SEVERE AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE, PARTICULARLY IN CONTACT WITH PLASTICS" (WHICH ARE BOTH NOT DEVICE RELATED), AND "CT SCANS ALSO SHOW THAT I HAVE LYMPH NODES THAT APPEAR TO STILL HAVE SILICON". THIS RECORD IS FOR THE LEFT SIDE. DEVICE HAS BEEN EXPLANTED. DEVICE RETURN UNKNOWN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2341673 UNK MAMMARY IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM ALLERGAN (COSTA RICA) NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 39 YR Female Required Intervention