Acute inflammatory transverse myelitis post-Pfizer-BioNTech-COVID-19 vaccine in 16-year-old

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in China in early March 2019. Saudi Food and Drug Authority approved the registration of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia on December 10, 2020, and on May 10, 2021, Pfizer-BioNTech was given an authorized emergency use in 12–15-years-old children. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health started Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for 12–18-years-old on June 27, 2021. Here, we have a case of a 16-year-old female admitted to the medical ward diagnosed with acute inflammatory transverse myelitis after 2 weeks from second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The diagnosis was based on normal laboratory workup but significant radiological findings. She was discharged after a full recovery. There are multiple cases of post-vaccine acute inflammatory transverse myelitis shared by medical journals, but due to lack of literature review for the teenager population, we think our case may be the first case of acute inflammatory transverse myelitis following second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in this population.

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Acute inflammatory Transverse Myelitis post Pfizer-BioNTech-COVID-19 vaccine in 16-year-old

10.14293/s2199-1006.1.sor-.ppvxii5.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ammar Albokhari ◽

Abdulrhman Alsawas ◽

Mohammad Adnan ◽

Abdulaziz Alasmari ◽

Sarah Aljuhani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Literature Review ◽

Transverse Myelitis ◽

Medical Ward ◽

Radiological Findings ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Medical Journals ◽

First Case ◽

Normal Laboratory

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in China in early March 2019. Saudi Food and Drug Authorityapproved the registration of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia on December 10, 2020 and on May 10, 2021, Pfizer-BioNTech was given an authorized emergency use in 12 to 15 years old children. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health started Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for 12 to 18 years old on June 27, 2021. Here we have a case of 16-year-old female admitted to the medical ward diagnosed with acute inflammatory transverse myelitis after two weeks from second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The diagnosis was based on normal laboratory workup but significant radiological findings. She was discharged after a full recovery.There are multiple cases of post-vaccine acute inflammatory transverse myelitisshared by medical journals, but due to lack of literature review for the teenager population, we think our case may be the first case of acute inflammatory transverse myelitis following second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in this population.

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Acute pancreatitis following Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Journal of Medical Research and Innovation ◽

10.25259/jmri_24_2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Ammar A. Albokhari ◽

Abdulrahman T. Alsawas ◽

Abdulmajeed Khan ◽

Ghufran A. Bukhari

Keyword(s):

Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Female Patient ◽

Adult Population ◽

Medical Ward ◽

Amylase Level ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Medical Journals ◽

Insulin Dependent ◽

Insulin Dependent Diabetic

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) discovered in China in early December 2019. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority approved the registration of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia on December 10, 2020, and on May 10, 2021, Pfizer-BioNTech was given emergency authorization for use of the vaccine in children aged 12 to 15 years. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health started the vaccination phase for ages 12 to 18 years for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on June 27, 2021. An insulin-dependent diabetic 15-year-old female patient admitted to the medical ward diagnosed with acute pancreatitis nine days after being administered her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. She presented with an amylase level of 340 U/L, lipase level of 937 U/L. She was discharged after eight days of hospitalization with no complications. Medical investigations were unable to link the diagnosis to any known etiology. Medical journals have reported numerous cases of acute pancreatitis in the adult population after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination. We believe that our case is the first to present with acute pancreatitis after the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a teenager population.

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First case of cervical epidural abscess caused by brucellosis in Saudi Arabia: A case report and literature review

IDCases ◽

10.1016/j.idcr.2018.04.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 107-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Meshal Alyousef ◽

Rabia Aldoghaither

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Case Report ◽

Literature Review ◽

Epidural Abscess ◽

First Case

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National Survey of Drug Information Centers practice: Leadership and Practice management at Ministry of Health Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Research in Pharmacy and Health Sciences ◽

10.32463/rphs.2018.v04i03.17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 497-503

Author(s):

Yousef Ahmed Alomi ◽

Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi ◽

Radi Abdullah Alattyh

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

National Survey ◽

Drug Information ◽

Information Services ◽

Practice Management ◽

Full Time ◽

Drug Information Services ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Patient Counselling ◽

Health Hospital

Objective: To explore the National Survey of Drug Information Centers practice in Saudi Arabia: Leadership and Practice management at Ministry of Health hospital. Method: It is a cross-sectional four months national survey of Drug Information Services at Ministry of Health hospital. It contained ten domains with 181 questions designed by the authors. It was derived from Internal Pharmaceutical Federation, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists best practice guidelines. This survey was distributed to forty hospital pharmacies that run drug information services. In this study, domain of Drug Monitoring and Patient Counselling System explored and analyzed. It consisted of eight questions about the written policy and procedure and application methods for Leadership and Practice management in the drug information centers. All analysis was done through survey monkey system. Results: The survey distributed to 45 of hospitals, the response rate, was 40 (88.88%) hospitals. The highest score of the DIC had policy and procedures with a clear mission, vision, and values were Evidence of valid Saudi Council of Health Specialties license to practice in Saudi Arabia did not exist in 3 (7.5%) hospitals while 30 (75%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. The highest score of the Drug information centers had a space, adequate furniture, hours of operation were determined and announced as well as there was a qualified and licensed staffing. All Drug Information Centers staff had valid licenses from Saudi Commission for Health Specialties to practice in Saudi Arabia, did not exist in 6 (15%) hospitals while 30 (75%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. The highest score of the Drug Information Centers Supervisor, reports workload statistics to the appropriate and leadership number of Full Time Employee staff and actual workload published was the answering question depends on the priority of the question did not exist in 6 (15%) hospitals while only 22 (55%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. The highest score of the Drug Information Centers showed evidence of Quality Improvement, and the process for Drug Information Centers Networking. The reporting any questionable drug quality to Pharmacy director, did not exist in 4 (10 %) hospitals while only 25 (62.5%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. Conclusion: There were an acceptable implementation leadership and practice management in drug information centers practice. The drug information centers workload analysis and quality management should improve. Drug information centers network indication required an implementation to improve the services at Ministry of Health hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Harel-Yoon syndrome: the first case report from Saudi Arabia

Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics ◽

10.24911/jbcgenetics/183-1585816398 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 22-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alaa AlAyed ◽

Manar Samman ◽

Abdul Peer-Zada ◽

Mohammed Almannai

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Case Report ◽

First Case

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A NOVEL MUTATION IN KINDLIN3 IN THE FIRST CASE WITH LEUKOCYTE ADHESION DEFICIENCY III SYNDROME DIAGNOSED IN SAUDI ARABIA

10.26226/morressier.57bc1758d462b80290b4d1b6 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Ahmed Shamakhi

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Leukocyte Adhesion ◽

Novel Mutation ◽

Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency ◽

First Case

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Fetal pulmonary choristoma: report of first case and literature review

Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine ◽

10.1515/crpm-2020-0072 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Anupam Nanda ◽

Rajinder Nanda ◽

Seema Thakur ◽

Tej Prakash Gupta ◽

Sudhir Jain ◽

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Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Exome Sequencing ◽

Posterior Fossa ◽

Spinal Column ◽

Fetal Autopsy ◽

Case Presentation ◽

Antenatal Ultrasound ◽

Clinical Exome Sequencing ◽

First Case ◽

Pathologic Findings

AbstractObjectivesLung tissue choristoma is a very rare disorder where mature lung tissues develop in the site not normal to the lung.Case presentationWe hereby report a first case of fetal pulmonary choristoma in a 23–24 weeks fetus where antenatal ultrasound showed a mass in posterior fossa with severe ventriculomegaly. The mass extended inferiorly in cervical spinal column and thereafter extended in the skin over the back of fetus. Fetal autopsy confirmed these findings. Pathologic findings showed mature lung tissues with bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli. Clinical exome sequencing showed normal results.ConclusionsWe describe the antenatal ultrasound, fetal autopsy and pathologic findings of an intracranial and cutaneous pulmonary choristoma.

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Synchronous intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma and thyroid carcinoma: case report and review of the literature

BMC Endocrine Disorders ◽

10.1186/s12902-021-00724-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nadia De Falco ◽

Giuseppe Santangelo ◽

Fabrizio Chirico ◽

Angelo Cangiano ◽

Maria Giulia Sommella ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Thyroid Carcinoma ◽

Papillary Carcinoma ◽

Parathyroid Carcinoma ◽

Malignant Tumors ◽

Gamma Probe ◽

Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma ◽

Thyroid Carcinomas ◽

First Case ◽

Well Differentiated

Abstract Background Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare endocrine malignancy, rarer when synchronous with a non medullary well differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Parathyroid carcinoma accounts of 0.005% of all malignant tumors and it is responsible for less than 1% of primary hyperparathyroidism. The intrathyroidal localization of a parathyroid gland is not frequent with a reported prevalence of 0.2%. Carcinoma of parathyroids with intrathyroidal localization represents an even rarer finding, reported in only 16 cases described in literature. The rare constellation of synchronous parathyroid and thyroid carcinomas has prompted us to report our experience and perform literature review. Case presentation We herein report a case of a 63-years-old man with multinodular goiter and biochemical diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism. Total thyroidectomy with radio-guide technique using gamma probe after intraoperative sesta-MIBI administration and intraoperative PTH level was performed. The high radiation levels in the posterior thyroid lobe discovered an intrathyroidal parathyroid. Microscopic examination revealed a parathyroid main cell carcinoma at the posterior thyroidal left basal lobe, a classic papillary carcinoma at the same lobe and follicular variant of papillary carcinoma at the thyroidal right lobe. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case documenting a synchronous multicentric non medullary thyroid carcinomas and intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma. Conclusions Our experience was reported and literature review underlining challenging difficulties in diagnostic workup and surgical management was carried out.

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Osteoid Osteoma of the Atlas in a Boy: Clinical and Imaging Features–A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Neuropediatrics ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1715488 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Adelaide Valluzzi ◽

Salvatore Donatiello ◽

Graziana Gallo ◽

Monica Cellini ◽

Antonino Maiorana ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Osteoid Osteoma ◽

Soft Tissues ◽

Tissue Reaction ◽

Imaging Features ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Radiological Findings ◽

First Case ◽

Upper Cervical

AbstractOsteoid osteoma is a benign osteoblastic tumor, quite uncommon in the spine. We report a case of an osteoid osteoma involving the atlas in a 6-year-old boy, who presented with suboccipital pain and torticollis. Initial radiological findings were ambiguous as magnetic resonance imaging showed mainly edema of upper cervical soft tissues. The subsequent computed tomography depicted a lesion of left lamina of C1. As conservative treatment failed, the lesion was surgically resected and the patient became pain free. To our knowledge, this is the first case of osteoid osteoma involving the atlas associated with abnormal soft tissue reaction reported in literature.

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