Development of Flat Warts on the Cheeks after BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 Vaccine: Is There a Correlation?

Gerardo Cazzato; Paolo Romita; Caterina Foti; Debora Lobreglio; Irma Trilli; Anna Colagrande; Giuseppe Ingravallo; Leonardo Resta

doi:10.3390/vaccines10040532

Development of Flat Warts on the Cheeks after BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 Vaccine: Is There a Correlation?

Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Mar 29;10(4):532. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10040532.

Authors

Gerardo Cazzato¹, Paolo Romita², Caterina Foti², Debora Lobreglio², Irma Trilli³, Anna Colagrande¹, Giuseppe Ingravallo¹, Leonardo Resta¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation (DETO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
² Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
³ Odontomastotologic Clinic, University of Chieti "G. d'Annunzio", 66100 Chieti, Italy.

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected health systems across the globe, making the use of vaccines more urgent and topical than ever. Since the first months after the introduction of vaccinations, several reactions, both local and systemic, have been reported although they were mostly very mild and only rarely harbingers of more serious complications. We present a case of multiple flat warts onset over the cheeks in a patient after the second dose of mRNA BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccine, and we discuss the possible temporal association between the two events, also considering the patient's antibody status.

Keywords: ADR; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cheeks; flat warts; vaccines.

Publication types

Case Reports