Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria After COVID-19 Vaccine

John Thomas; George Thomas; Ajay Chatim; Param Shukla; Matthew Mardiney

doi:10.7759/cureus.18102

Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria After COVID-19 Vaccine

Cureus. 2021 Sep 19;13(9):e18102. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18102. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

John Thomas¹, George Thomas², Ajay Chatim³, Param Shukla⁴, Matthew Mardiney⁵

Affiliations

¹ N/A, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, USA.
² N/A, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, USA.
³ N/A, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, USA.
⁴ N/A, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
⁵ Allergy and Immunology, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, USA.

Abstract

Public health efforts over the past few months have been aimed at vaccinating young adults. Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are widely available options. Cutaneous reactions to these vaccines have been described as self-limiting and relatively immediate after vaccine administration. In this case report, we present a young adult who received the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and developed chronic, spontaneous urticaria.

Keywords: chronic; covid-19 vaccine complication; erythematous plaques; hives; pfizer-biontech vaccine; spontaneous urticaria.

Publication types

Case Reports