Lichen planus flare following COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.

COVID‐19 cutaneous COVID‐19 vaccination COVID‐19 vaccine COVID‐19 skin lichen planus

Journal

Clinical case reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
Titre abrégé: Clin Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620385

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Historique:
received: 23 08 2021
accepted: 03 11 2021
entrez: 22 12 2021
pubmed: 23 12 2021
medline: 23 12 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We report the third case of cutaneous lichen planus (LP) following COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccination in a 59-year-old woman with previous LP. The reactivation of LP in patients with dormant LP suggests a possible vaccine-induced immune dysregulation. We suggest that the already described vaccine-induced upregulation of Th1 response may play a relevant role in LP reactivation, through an increase in inflammatory cytokines involved in the pathogenesis of LP. Interestingly, LP has already been associated with vaccinations and viral infections including COVID-19 disease. However, the exact mechanism underlying LP (re)activation after Pfizer-BiotNtech COVID-19 vaccination is still widely unknown and needs to be further investigated.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34934493
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5092
pii: CCR35092
pmc: PMC8650756
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e05092

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Auteurs

Astrid Herzum (A)

Department of Dermatology Di.S.Sal San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

Martina Burlando (M)

Department of Dermatology Di.S.Sal San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

Mattia F Molle (MF)

Department of Dermatology Di.S.Sal San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

Claudia Micalizzi (C)

Department of Dermatology Di.S.Sal San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

Emanuele Cozzani (E)

Department of Dermatology Di.S.Sal San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

Aurora Parodi (A)

Department of Dermatology Di.S.Sal San Martino Polyclinic Hospital IRCCS University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

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