Fasciitis of the lower leg after COVID-19 vaccination

IDCases. 2022:28:e01475. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01475. Epub 2022 Mar 9.

Authors

Satoshi Ide¹, Atsumasa Kurozumi², Akiko Takeshige¹, Akira Shimomura¹, Riri Watanabe¹, Takeshi Inagaki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

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The occurrence of fasciitis after COVID-19 vaccination is rare.
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The BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine can cause fasciitis distant to the injection site.
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The use of steroids is not essential for treatment of vaccine-associated fasciitis.

Keywords: COVID-19; Fasciitis; Vaccination.