A 20-Year-Old Man with IgA Vasculitis following COVID-19 Vaccination

IgA vasculitis is a common type of vasculitis that is generally triggered by infectious causes. Vaccines have been reported as a trigger as well. Herein, we report a case of a young man who is previously healthy and who developed IgA vasculitis after the first dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine Pfize...

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Main Authors: Abdulaziz Alsubaie, Abdulmajeed Alshabanat, Abdulrahman Almizel, Mohammed Omair, Rahaf Alodaini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9505383
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Summary:IgA vasculitis is a common type of vasculitis that is generally triggered by infectious causes. Vaccines have been reported as a trigger as well. Herein, we report a case of a young man who is previously healthy and who developed IgA vasculitis after the first dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech. The patient’s symptoms were mainly skin and joint without renal or other system involvement. The patient had an excellent outcome with complete resolution after treatment with steroid tapering and azathioprine as a steroid-sparing agent over 6 months.
ISSN:2090-6897