Multiple sites of thrombosis without thrombocytopenia after a second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 2022

Roberto Scendoni, and Cristina Petrelli, and Mauro Giustozzi, and Francesco O Logullo
Legal Medicine Unit, 125694ASUR Marche, Macerata, Italy.

In the current international scientific panorama, rare cases of venous thrombotic complications following mRNA vaccine administration have been reported, consisting mainly of cerebral sinus thromboses and acute venous thromboembolism. The present paper describes the case of a 75-year-old woman in good health who developed cerebral venous thrombosis, deep venous thrombosis, and bilateral pulmonary emboli after receiving a second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. A series of laboratory tests performed during hospitalization yielded interesting results, allowing us to exclude thrombophilic risk factors and to certify the absence of thrombocytopenia in the patient. Although COVID-19 vaccination is the most important tool in stopping the pandemic, pharmacovigilance is crucial for detecting potential multisystem thrombotic events, even for mRNA vaccines.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000086382 COVID-19 A viral disorder generally characterized by high FEVER; COUGH; DYSPNEA; CHILLS; PERSISTENT TREMOR; MUSCLE PAIN; HEADACHE; SORE THROAT; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see AGEUSIA and ANOSMIA) and other symptoms of a VIRAL PNEUMONIA. In severe cases, a myriad of coagulopathy associated symptoms often correlating with COVID-19 severity is seen (e.g., BLOOD COAGULATION; THROMBOSIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEIZURES; HEART ATTACK; STROKE; multiple CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS; KIDNEY FAILURE; catastrophic ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME and/or DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION). In younger patients, rare inflammatory syndromes are sometimes associated with COVID-19 (e.g., atypical KAWASAKI SYNDROME; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease; and CYTOKINE STORM SYNDROME). A coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in the genus BETACORONAVIRUS is the causative agent. 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease,2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection,2019-nCoV Disease,2019-nCoV Infection,COVID-19 Pandemic,COVID-19 Pandemics,COVID-19 Virus Disease,COVID-19 Virus Infection,Coronavirus Disease 2019,Coronavirus Disease-19,SARS Coronavirus 2 Infection,SARS-CoV-2 Infection,Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection,COVID19,2019 nCoV Disease,2019 nCoV Infection,2019-nCoV Diseases,2019-nCoV Infections,COVID 19,COVID 19 Pandemic,COVID 19 Virus Disease,COVID 19 Virus Infection,COVID-19 Virus Diseases,COVID-19 Virus Infections,Coronavirus Disease 19,Disease 2019, Coronavirus,Disease, 2019-nCoV,Disease, COVID-19 Virus,Infection, 2019-nCoV,Infection, COVID-19 Virus,Infection, SARS-CoV-2,Pandemic, COVID-19,SARS CoV 2 Infection,SARS-CoV-2 Infections,Virus Disease, COVID-19,Virus Infection, COVID-19
D000090982 BNT162 Vaccine mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Abdavomeran,BNT-162A1,BNT-162B1,BNT-162B2,BNT-162C2,BNT162A1,BNT162B1,BNT162B2,BNT162C2,COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech,Comirnaty,Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine,Pidacmeran,Tozinameran,BNT 162A1,BNT 162B1,BNT 162B2,BNT 162C2,COVID 19 Vaccine Pfizer BioNTech,Covid-19 Vaccine, Pfizer,Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine,Pfizer-BioNTech, COVID-19 Vaccine,Vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech, COVID-19,Vaccine, BNT162,Vaccine, Pfizer Covid-19
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D013921 Thrombocytopenia A subnormal level of BLOOD PLATELETS. Thrombopenia,Thrombocytopenias,Thrombopenias
D013927 Thrombosis Formation and development of a thrombus or blood clot in BLOOD VESSELS. Atherothrombosis,Thrombus,Blood Clot,Blood Clots,Thromboses

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