MRI - BREAST COIL
Received Jan 24, 2017 · Event occurred Dec 23, 2016
Report MW5067483 · MDR key 6279381
Device
Generic name
Mri - Breast Coil
Product problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
Patient
69 YR
- Nerve Damage
- Injury
- No Code Available
- Nerve Damage
- Injury
- No Code Available
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
I HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY WITH NO RECONSTRUCTION (B)(6) 2016. I HAVE LYMPHEDEMA IN MY LEFT ARM AND HAVE A COMPRESSION SLEEVE. IN (B)(6) 2016 A FOLLOW-UP BREAST MRI WAS ORDERED. BECAUSE I HAVE NO BREASTS THEY USED SOME DEVICES TO TIGHTLY POSITION ME IN THE COIL. BEING SQUASHED IN THAT PRONE POSITION FOR OVER HALF-AN-HOUR HAS DAMAGED MY ULNAR NERVE IN MY LEFT ARM AND I KNOW HAVE CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL GET BETTER AND IT COULD BE PERMANENT. I AM LEFT-HANDED SO IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR ME. I AM DICTATING THIS TO MY HUSBAND BECAUSE I CANNOT WRITE. NINE YEARS OLD AT (B)(6) (PRELMAN CENTER): POSITION: PRONE, HEAD FIRST. ROOM 1.