Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?

Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare but potentially life-threatening side effect that has only been observed in adenovirus-based vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). VITT is an immune-mediated condition that generally presents within five to 10 days post-...

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Autores principales: Giovane, Richard, Campbell, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Preventive Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8606181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34820232
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18977
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description Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare but potentially life-threatening side effect that has only been observed in adenovirus-based vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). VITT is an immune-mediated condition that generally presents within five to 10 days post-vaccination with thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, and coagulation abnormalities. A diagnosis of VITT is made clinically and through laboratory testing. Although VITT is an important differential to consider, it is believed that more emphasis should be placed on vaccination due to the safety and efficacy in overcoming COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-86061812021-11-23 Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors? Giovane, Richard Campbell, Jessica Cureus Preventive Medicine Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare but potentially life-threatening side effect that has only been observed in adenovirus-based vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). VITT is an immune-mediated condition that generally presents within five to 10 days post-vaccination with thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, and coagulation abnormalities. A diagnosis of VITT is made clinically and through laboratory testing. Although VITT is an important differential to consider, it is believed that more emphasis should be placed on vaccination due to the safety and efficacy in overcoming COVID-19. Cureus 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8606181/ /pubmed/34820232 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18977 Text en Copyright © 2021, Giovane et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?
title Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?
title_full Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?
title_fullStr Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?
title_short Bilateral Thalamic Stroke: A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) or a Coincidence Due to Underlying Risk Factors?
title_sort bilateral thalamic stroke: a case of covid-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (vitt) or a coincidence due to underlying risk factors?
topic Preventive Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8606181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34820232
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18977
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