Chest pain and Raynaud's phenomenon after COVID-19 vaccination in a patient previously diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular events, including pericarditis, myocarditis, and myocardial ischaemia, have been reported as complications following COVID-19 vaccination.

Case summary

A 28-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed 10 years earlier with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome was admitted to our hospital because of chest pain and Raynaud's phenomenon. She had received a second dose of the COVID-19 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine 28 days earlier. ¹²³I-β-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) and ²⁰¹thallium dual myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography demonstrated mildly reduced perfusion of BMIPP in the mid-anterior wall of the left ventricle. Coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries; additionally, an endomyo

SUBMITTER: Kawano H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10004643 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature