NEW ONSET OF NAIL PSORIASIS AFTER MRNA COVID-19 VACCINE: A CASE REPORT

ABSTRACT

Currently in Bulgaria the two messenger RNA vaccines used to vaccinate the population against COVID-19 are Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (COMIRNATY) and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine. We present a case of a patient with palmoplantar form of psoriasis (in remission in the last 2 years), who has an attack of psoriasis of the nails, which began two weeks after the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. Within the next two months, onychopathy of the nails of the ten fingers developed with the manifestation of almost all known psoriatic changes in the nail bed and nail matrix. The toenails are not affected. Topical therapy with calcipotriol/betamethasone ointment under occlusive dressings was prescribed for two months. The monitoring continues.