FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EMBOLIZATION DEVICE

MDR report key: 3806921 · Received May 7, 2014

Report

Report Number
MW5036036
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 7, 2014
Date of Event
May 6, 2014
Report Date
May 6, 2014
Product Code
NAJ
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT WITH PRESUMED FIBROID TUMORS TREATED WITH UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION. THERE WAS NO DIAGNOSTIC EXCLUSION OF SARCOMA BEFORE TREATMENT, THEREFORE THIS PT COULD HAVE LIFE THREATENING UNTREATED SARCOMA. THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN MORCELLATION OF A SARCOMA, LEAVING A SARCOMA IN THE BODY TO GROW W/O TREATMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
276276 EMBOLIZATION DEVICE UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION NAJ

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Life Threatening