Trigeminal and cervical radiculitis after tozinameran vaccination against COVID-19

Kaavya Narasimhalu; Wai Ching Lee; Parag Ratnakar Salkade; Deidre Anne De Silva

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-242344

Trigeminal and cervical radiculitis after tozinameran vaccination against COVID-19

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jun 21;14(6):e242344. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242344.

Authors

Kaavya Narasimhalu¹, Wai Ching Lee², Parag Ratnakar Salkade³, Deidre Anne De Silva⁴

Affiliations

¹ National Neuroscience Institute - Singapore General Hospital Campus, Singapore nkaavya@gmail.com.
² General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
³ Diagnostic Radiology, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ National Neuroscience Institute - Singapore General Hospital Campus, Singapore.

Abstract

In this report, we describe a patient who developed an acute trigeminal neuritis and cervical radiculitis after receiving a Pfizer-BioNtech vaccination (tozinameran) against SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cranial nerves.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Neuritis*
Radiculopathy* / chemically induced
Radiculopathy* / drug therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination / adverse effects