FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SIR-SPHERES

MDR report key: 586445 · Received March 29, 2005

Report

Report Number
9710358-2005-00001
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 29, 2005
Report Date
March 24, 2005
Manufacturer
SIRTEX MEDICAL LIMITED/LANE COVE BUSINESS PARK
Product Code
KXK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

10/2004, PT WAS FOUND TO HAVE UNRESECTABLE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN THE RIGHT LOBE. PT HAD PALLIATIVE TREATMENT WITH SIR-SPHERES TO ROGHT LOBE OF LIVER FOR HCC IN 2004, IN 1 1/2 MONTHS LATER, THE PT'S LEFT LOBE WAS TREATED. ON THE 3 MONTH FOLLOW UP FOR THE RIGHT LOBE AND THE ONE MONTH FOLLOW UP FOR THE LEFT LOBE, THE PT HAD A PLATELET COUNT OF 32,000. THE ONE MONTH FOLLOW UP FOR THE INTIAL TREATMENT, PLATELETS WERE 115,000. IN 2005, PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH SEVERE NOSEBLEEDS, FATIGUE, WEAKNESS, AND MILD NAUSEA WITHOU PAIN. THEY WERE ADMITTED FOR TREATMENT AND TESTING. THEY WERE DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND BONE MARROW BIOPSY 2 DAYS LATER. THE PT WAS DISCHARGED IN THE NEXT DAY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SIR-SPHERES RADIOACTIVE BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE KXK SIRTEX MEDICAL LIMITED/LANE COVE BUSINESS PARK SIR-Y001 102880

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Other