Widespread Arterial Thrombosis after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination

Case Rep Crit Care. 2022 Feb 16:2022:6804456. doi: 10.1155/2022/6804456. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia is an uncommon complication of COVID-19 vaccines using adenovirus mRNA carriers and has been associated with thrombosis of the cerebral venous sinuses and portal system. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman admitted to the intensive care unit due to stroke caused by thrombosis of the right carotid artery 9 days after receiving the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine. Further investigations demonstrated multiple thrombi in the arterial tree in the absence of any venous involvement. The clinical course and the treatment are described and discussed.

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