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

Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria After COVID-19 Vaccine

John Thomas  1 , George Thomas  2 , Ajay Chatim  3 , Param Shukla  4 , Matthew Mardiney  5
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Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria After COVID-19 Vaccine

John Thomas et al. Cureus. .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Maculopapular Urticaria on Left Forearm
Chronic spontaneous maculopapular urticaria on left forearm with raised, pruritic erythematous plaques that have presented daily for 30-60 minutes for the past eight weeks in widespread global hive formation.
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