Novofine needles (2) in her lower abdomen after they snapped off during separate injections [needle issue].Case description: does the incident represent a serious public health threat? no.This serious spontaneous case reported by a radiologist from the (b)(6) concerns a female pt (age not reported) who was treated with novofine (needle: type unspecified) on unk dates for device therapy and experienced "2 novofine needles in her lower abdomen after they snapped off during separate injections" beginning on an unk date.Pt's height: not reported.Med history: not reported.On an unk date it was noted that the pt had two novofine needles in her lower abdomen after they snapped off during separate injections.Action taken to novofine needle was not reported.The overall outcome of event was reported as unk.Note: as the needle gauge and length of suspected needle was not specified, novofine needle has been coded as the suspected product.
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