Portal vein thrombosis after second Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine

Jameson M. Petrochko, MD; Shaun M. Pateman Aciu, MD; Sharvil U. Sheth, MD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Dec 2022)

Portal vein thrombosis after second Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine

Jameson M. Petrochko, MD,
Shaun M. Pateman Aciu, MD,
Sharvil U. Sheth, MD

Affiliations

Jameson M. Petrochko, MD: St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA; The Vascular Center, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
Shaun M. Pateman Aciu, MD: St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA; The Vascular Center, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
Sharvil U. Sheth, MD: Correspondence: Sharvil U. Sheth, MD, The Vascular Center, St. Luke’s University Health Network, 701 Ostrum St, Ste 304, Bethlehem, PA 18015; St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA; The Vascular Center, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 4
pp. 667 – 669

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We have reviewed a case of portomesenteric venous thrombosis that occurred shortly after the administration of the second Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and discussed the literature surrounding the subject. Our report was generated after reviewing the patient’s medical records and clinical images with his written informed consent. The literature review was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar. Portomesenteric venous thrombosis after the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has previously been reported, although infrequently. We did not find enough information, given the paucity of the reported data, to assert a causative relationship between the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and the occurrence of portomesenteric thrombosis.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-vascular-surgery-cases-innovations-and-techniques

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