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Published on: November 17, 2010
Acute embolisms in multiple arterial districts following Ad26.COV2-S vaccine
1Post-Graduate Medical School of Internal Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. angelo.scuteri@unica.it.
Abstract:
A case of multiple arterial thrombosis/embolisms in a 74-year-old Caucasian man with no other cardiovascular risk factors who received Ad26.COV2-S vaccine 16 days before is reported. The unusual presentation required a longer diagnostic workup. The clinical manifestations and the therapy-specific response suggest an unusual presentation of Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT).
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