Post COVID-Vaccine Cerebritis: A Case Report

We are reporting here a case of a 33-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department at Lahore General Hospital in June, 2021, with a short history of fever and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. The symptoms started one day after getting the first dose of Sinopharm vaccine. He was managed initially on the line of refractory status epilepticus in the ICU and was given empirical cover for meningoencephalitis. CSF analysis report came out normal. MRI of the brain showed left frontal lobe cerebritis. Fits and fever settled and the patient fully recovered on the third day of admission. There are very few reported neurological complications of Covid-19 vaccination. One of the rare complications which we have seen with the sinopharm vaccine is cerebritis. This case raises awareness among physicians and contributes to the existing literature so that more vigilance is done while administrating COVID-19 vaccines.

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Journal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry
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2024-11-03
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https://doi.org/10.51846/jucmd.v4i1.3401
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Retinal and Optic Conditions
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Post COVID-Vaccine Cerebritis: A Case Report

Aziz‐ur‐Rahman Niazi, Farah Sadiq, Muhammad Atif Ameer, Talha Bin Sajid
Journal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry
Retinal and Optic Conditions
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Post COVID-Vaccine Cerebritis: A Case Report

Aziz‐ur‐Rahman Niazi, Farah Sadiq, Muhammad Atif Ameer, Talha Bin Sajid
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We are reporting here a case of a 33-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department at Lahore General Hospital in June, 2021, with a short history of fever and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. The symptoms started one day after getting the first dose of Sinopharm vaccine. He was managed initially on the line of refractory status epilepticus in the ICU and was given empirical cover for meningoencephalitis. CSF analysis report came out normal. MRI of the brain showed left frontal lobe cerebritis. Fits and fever settled and the patient fully recovered on the third day of admission. There are very few reported neurological complications of Covid-19 vaccination. One of the rare complications which we have seen with the sinopharm vaccine is cerebritis. This case raises awareness among physicians and contributes to the existing literature so that more vigilance is done while administrating COVID-19 vaccines.

Journal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry
Lahore General Hospital (PK)
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Retinal and Optic Conditions
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