Herpetic anterior uveitis following Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine: two case reports.
J Med Case Rep
; 16(1): 127, 2022 Mar 25.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1759774
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To describe two cases of herpetic anterior uveitis after inoculation of the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine.METHODS:
Case 1 a healthy 92-year-old Caucasian woman developed symptomatic unilateral anterior uveitis for 3 days after Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination (Pfizer Inc.). The episode fully resolved with topical and oral antiviral treatment. Case 2 a previously healthy 85-year-old Caucasian woman with left hemicranial signs of herpes zoster infection, associated with herpetic keratouveitis for 3 days after Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination. Treatment with topical antibiotics and both oral and topical antiherpetic medication was administered, and she recovered successfully in 5 weeks.CONCLUSION:
Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of eye inflammation in the form of herpetic reactivation after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Uveitis
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Uveitis, Anterior
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COVID-19
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Herpes Zoster
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Vaccines
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Case Rep
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13256-022-03350-6
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