Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report. 2022

Juny Sebastian, and Merrin Mathew, and Veeranna Sharsty, and Madhan Ramesh
Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru.

Background: Hypersensitivity or Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) following the COVID-19 vaccination has been reported rarely all over the world. LCV can be induced by certain factors such as infections, autoimmune disorders, malignancy, or some classes of drugs. Case presentation: A 32-year-old man, who was a known case of seizure disorder from his childhood presented to the department of dermatology with itchy red lesions on extremities and abdomen for the past 1 month. He explains a history of COVID-19 vaccination 1-month back and experienced itching on his lower limbs on the same day at night. A gradual worsening of the condition was observed day by day. He was hospitalized and diagnosed as LCV through clinical and laboratory findings. Conclusion: This case highlights a temporal association with the event of vaccination. The causality assessment showed an indeterminate causal association to LCV with COVID-19 Vaccination.

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