Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report.

Hosp Pharm

Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru.

Published: August 2022

Hypersensitivity or Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) following the COVID-19 vaccination has been reported rarely all over the world. LCV can be induced by certain factors such as infections, autoimmune disorders, malignancy, or some classes of drugs. A 32-year-old man, who was a known case of seizure disorder from his childhood presented to the department of dermatology with itchy red lesions on extremities and abdomen for the past 1 month. He explains a history of COVID-19 vaccination 1-month back and experienced itching on his lower limbs on the same day at night. A gradual worsening of the condition was observed day by day. He was hospitalized and diagnosed as LCV through clinical and laboratory findings. This case highlights a temporal association with the event of vaccination. The causality assessment showed an indeterminate causal association to LCV with COVID-19 Vaccination.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310316PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00185787211067379DOI Listing

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