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JS Al-Maqbali, S Al Rasbi, MS Kashoub, AM Al Hinaai, H Farhan, B Al Rawahi, AM Al Alawi
The American journal of case reports, 2021•ncbi.nlm.nih.govObjective: Unusual clinical course Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing
cause of the current global healthcare crisis. Several vaccines were approved for use by
emergency vaccination campaigns worldwide. At present, there are very few reports of
COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune-thrombotic thrombocytopenia, a variant of heparin-
induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), in comparison to the massive number of vaccinated people
worldwide. Case Report: A 59-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department …
cause of the current global healthcare crisis. Several vaccines were approved for use by
emergency vaccination campaigns worldwide. At present, there are very few reports of
COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune-thrombotic thrombocytopenia, a variant of heparin-
induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), in comparison to the massive number of vaccinated people
worldwide. Case Report: A 59-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department …
Objective:
Unusual clinical course
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing cause of the current global healthcare crisis. Several vaccines were approved for use by emergency vaccination campaigns worldwide. At present, there are very few reports of COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune-thrombotic thrombocytopenia, a variant of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), in comparison to the massive number of vaccinated people worldwide.
Case Report:
A 59-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of sudden-onset left leg pain 7 days after receiving her first dose of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 (Pfizer-BioNTech). She was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and found to have a positive HIT screen with optical density (OD) of 0.6 via ELISA test. She was hospitalized for 4 days and discharged home with an oral anticoagulant (rivaroxaban).
Conclusions:
This case report describes a possible link between BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccination and thromboembolism. However, further data are needed to support such an association.
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