FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

RADIANCE; BIOFORM CO

MDR report key: 514451 · Received February 13, 2004

Report

Report Number
MW1031357
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 13, 2004
Report Date
February 13, 2004
Manufacturer
BIOFORM INC.
Product Code
LMH
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2003 PT WAS INJECTED AT EITHER SIDES OF THEIR MOUTH WITH 4 SYRINGES OF RADIANCE FN, MFG BY THE BIOFORM CO. IT HAS NEVER BEEN REPORTED TO MIGRATE. TWO MOS LATER PT HAD A FIFTH SYRINGE INJECTED. NEITHER OF THESE WERE NEAR THE FIRST MIGRATION SITE ON THEIR NECK UNDER THEIR CHIN IN THE CENTER UNDER THEIR JAW. NEAR THE END OF SEPT OF 2003 PT FELT A SHARP LUMP ON THEIR NECK ABOUT ONE INCH UNDER THE CENTER OF THEIR CHIN. PT COULD ALSO FEEL A LARGER AND SOFTER LUMP TO THE LEFT OF IT. THEIR DERMATOLOGIST SUGGESTED PT HAVE IT REMOVED AND BIOPSIED. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS RADIANCE BY BOTH PHYSICIANS AS THEY REMOVED AND EXAMINED THE TISSUES WITH IT INTERSPERSED. THEY SHOWED PT AS WELL. PT HAS A GOOD SIZED SCAR NOW AND ANOTHER LUMP HAS FORMED. THE CO CONTENDS THAT THERE WAS A CHANNEL MADE BY NEEDLE OR SOME THING THAT ALLOWED THE MIGRATION TO A DISTANT SPOT. PT FELT WHERE THE SYRINGE WENT IN AND THAT WAS NOT NEAR THE MIGRATION SITE. PT WAS WONDERING HOW MANY CASES WERE NOT REPORTED FOR WHATEVER REASON. PT FEELS IT IS THEIR DUTY TO SAVE OTHERS THIS PAIN AND UNK FURTURE COMPLICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RADIANCE; BIOFORM CO * LMH BIOFORM INC. * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Other