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Kah-Meng Chong1, Ching-Yao Yang2, Chien-Chin Lin3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Safe and effective prophylactic vaccines are urgently needed to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, several vaccination-related adverse effects have been reported. Here, we report a rare case of severe immune thrombocytopenia occurring 3 days after receiving the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine in an Asian woman with a history of refractory lung adenocarcinoma treated with durvalumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Treatment with platelet transfusion (12 units) and oral prednisolone (1 mg/kg per day) significantly improved her hemoptysis with thrombocytopenia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of ITP following Moderna inoculation among Asians. This study highlights a potential adverse effect of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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