FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

3.0T SIGNA HDXT

MDR report key: 4081127 · Received August 29, 2014

Report

Report Number
2183553-2014-00020
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 29, 2014
Date of Event
June 15, 2011
Report Date
July 29, 2014
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
Product Code
LNH
PMA / PMN Number
K121676
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SF
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

HE HEALTHCARE'S INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT UNDERWENT AN MRI OF THE KNEE AND WAS NOT PROVIDED HEARING PROTECTION, AT THE END OF THE EXAM THE PT COMPLAINED OF SEVERE TINNITUS. THE PT WAS SEEN BY AN ENT DOCTOR AND A HEARING TESTS REVEALED SLIGHT HEARING LOSS, BUT THE ENT REPORTED IT AS NORMAL FOR A PT HIS AGE. THE PT WAS TREATED WITH MEDICATION (CORTISONE) WHICH WAS PRESCRIBED BY THE ENT BUT IS STILL EXPERIENCING TINNITUS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
527601 3.0T SIGNA HDXT NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING LNH GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC 2395001-2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR Other