A Case Report of Acute Severe Necrotizing Pancreatitis following the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine against the Novel SARS-CoV-2-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Case Report of Acute Severe Necrotizing Pancreatitis following the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine against the Novel SARS-CoV-2

Published:2023-03-22 Issue: Volume:2023 Page:1-4
ISSN:2090-6633
Container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Author:

Bangolo Ayrton I.¹^ORCID,Akhter Mahabuba¹,Auda Auda¹,Akram Rahina¹,Nagesh Vignesh K.¹,Athem Donnee¹,Thomas Reenu¹,Tibalan Ligaya¹,Trivedi Mansi¹,Mushtaq Saima¹,Singh Neha¹,Bagale Pracheta¹,Arana Georgemar V.¹,Khan Tayyaba¹,Sharma Shelja¹,Mynedi Swetha¹,Patel Dhara D.¹,Saini Mandeep¹,Chinthakuntla Madhurya R.¹,Ahmed Kareem²,Gad Mary¹,Gondhi Srikara Dheer D. R.¹,Arana Georgemar¹,Gurumoorthy Rohini B.¹,Weissman Simcha¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ, USA

2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition, which is a leading gastrointestinal cause of hospitalization in the United States. Several conditions are associated with acute pancreatitis. More recently, there have been a few cases reported of acute pancreatitis following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. To our knowledge, no cases of acute pancreatitis have been yet reported following the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine (J& J vaccine). Herein we report a 34-year-old male with no significant past medical history admitted with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, the day following the receipt of the J&J vaccine. Based on the Naranjo and the modified Naranjo scale, the patient met the requirements for probable drug induced pancreatitis. This case report has the objective to raise awareness of a potentially severe side effect of the J&J vaccine. We hope to use this case to support screening all patients for previous history of acute pancreatitis before administration of the J& J vaccine.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/criid/2023/9965435.pdf

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