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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2022 May 25;14(5):e25339.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.25339. eCollection 2022 May.
Recurrence of Autoimmune Hepatitis After COVID-19 Vaccination
Jon Elliott D Brubaker[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Christopher L Casaccio[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Michael J Brazeau[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A 35-year-old Asian female with a pertinent past medical history of autoimmune hepatitis presented with an acute recurrence of autoimmune hepatitis two weeks after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Nine cases of autoimmune hepatitis after the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine have been reported, but this is the first documented case of a reactivation of autoimmune hepatitis in remission. As recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots continue to evolve, all adverse events should be reported to better educate and monitor patients.
Keywords: adverse reaction from vaccination; autoimmune hepatitis; covid-19; covid-19 vaccination; mrna-based vaccine.
. 2022 May 25;14(5):e25339.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.25339. eCollection 2022 May.
Recurrence of Autoimmune Hepatitis After COVID-19 Vaccination
Jon Elliott D Brubaker[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Christopher L Casaccio[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Michael J Brazeau[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35774705
- PMCID: PMC9236645
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.25339
Abstract
A 35-year-old Asian female with a pertinent past medical history of autoimmune hepatitis presented with an acute recurrence of autoimmune hepatitis two weeks after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Nine cases of autoimmune hepatitis after the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine have been reported, but this is the first documented case of a reactivation of autoimmune hepatitis in remission. As recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots continue to evolve, all adverse events should be reported to better educate and monitor patients.
Keywords: adverse reaction from vaccination; autoimmune hepatitis; covid-19; covid-19 vaccination; mrna-based vaccine.