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Vitiligo Possibly Triggered by COVID-19 Vaccination

Several cutaneous manifestations following COVID-19 vaccination have been cited in the literature since the beginning of the pandemic. Two case reports regarding the development of vitiligo after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Herein, we present a case report of a patient who developed new-onset vi...

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Autores principales: Militello, Michelle, Ambur, Austin B, Steffes, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8809499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35145806
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20902
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description Several cutaneous manifestations following COVID-19 vaccination have been cited in the literature since the beginning of the pandemic. Two case reports regarding the development of vitiligo after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Herein, we present a case report of a patient who developed new-onset vitiligo two weeks after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine. Although the pathogenesis is unclear, it may be related to the inflammatory cells involved in both the pathogenesis of vitiligo and the mechanism by which the COVID-19 vaccine stimulates the immune system. This case report highlights the need for further investigation into the link between COVID-19 and the development of vitiligo.
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spelling pubmed-88094992022-02-09 Vitiligo Possibly Triggered by COVID-19 Vaccination Militello, Michelle Ambur, Austin B Steffes, William Cureus Dermatology Several cutaneous manifestations following COVID-19 vaccination have been cited in the literature since the beginning of the pandemic. Two case reports regarding the development of vitiligo after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Herein, we present a case report of a patient who developed new-onset vitiligo two weeks after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine. Although the pathogenesis is unclear, it may be related to the inflammatory cells involved in both the pathogenesis of vitiligo and the mechanism by which the COVID-19 vaccine stimulates the immune system. This case report highlights the need for further investigation into the link between COVID-19 and the development of vitiligo. Cureus 2022-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8809499/ /pubmed/35145806 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20902 Text en Copyright © 2022, Militello 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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title Vitiligo Possibly Triggered by COVID-19 Vaccination
title_full Vitiligo Possibly Triggered by COVID-19 Vaccination
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title_short Vitiligo Possibly Triggered by COVID-19 Vaccination
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topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8809499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35145806
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20902
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