Acute cervical dystonia following the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
; 218: 107304, 2022 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2227292
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2. Four major vaccine types are being used to fight against this deadly pandemic and save precious human lives. All types of vaccines have been associated with a risk of neurological complications ranging from mild to severe. Cervical dystonia occurring after a COVID-19 vaccine was not previously reported in the literature. In this article, we describe a case of acute cervical dystonia occurring after the first dose of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine. We attribute the occurrence of cervical dystonia to the vaccine due to the temporal relationship. This report adds to the literature a possible rare side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine and contributes to the limited literature on potential neurological side effects of mRNA-based vaccines. The likely mechanism is autoimmune. Further research is needed to probe and study the exact mechanism.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Torticollis
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Viral Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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