FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS

MDR report key: 26635 · Received October 6, 1995

Report

Report Number
MW1007241
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 6, 1995
Date of Event
December 14, 1978
Report Date
September 22, 1995
Manufacturer
DOW CORNING CORP.
Product Code
FTR
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

RPTR WAS IMPLANTED WITH SILICONE-GEL BREAST IMPLANTS 12/14/78. SYMPTOMS BEGAN 5 MONTHS LATER, PROBABLY BEFORE IN RETROSPECT. SHE C/O FATIGUE, NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN ARMS AND LEGS, NUMBNESS IN LEFT SIDE OF FACE, RASHES, HAS DEVELOPED ACUTE SENSITIVITY TO CHEMICALS, HEADACHES ACUTE CRAMPING AND BLOATING WITH MENSES. VISION PROBLEMS, SJOGREN'S SYNDROME, PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DETERIORATION, MULTIPLE AUTOANTIBODIES, SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY, MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN ANTIBODY, ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY. VISION AND VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION, REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE, NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE OF THE G.I. TRACT. TYPE II MUSCLE ATROPHY, MICROVASCULAR DISEASE, SEIZURES, MEMORY LOSS, VERTIGO, SEVERE MUSCLE WEAKNESS, JOINT PAIN, HEART MUSCLE, DAMAGE, BRAIN STEM DAMAGE. PERIPHERAL NERVE DAMAGE IN EARS. AND MORE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS Implant SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS FTR DOW CORNING CORP. SMOOTH SHELL HH4264

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 34 YR Life Threatening| R| S