Development of Flat Warts on the Cheeks after BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 Vaccine: Is There a Correlation?

Gerardo Cazzato; Paolo Romita; Caterina Foti; Debora Lobreglio; Irma Trilli; Anna Colagrande; Giuseppe Ingravallo; Leonardo Resta

doi:10.3390/vaccines10040532

Vaccines (Mar 2022)

Development of Flat Warts on the Cheeks after BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 Vaccine: Is There a Correlation?

Gerardo Cazzato,
Paolo Romita,
Caterina Foti,
Debora Lobreglio,
Irma Trilli,
Anna Colagrande,
Giuseppe Ingravallo,
Leonardo Resta

Affiliations

Gerardo Cazzato: Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Paolo Romita: Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Caterina Foti: Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Debora Lobreglio: Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Irma Trilli: Odontomastotologic Clinic, University of Chieti “G. d’Annunzio”, 66100 Chieti, Italy
Anna Colagrande: Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Giuseppe Ingravallo: Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Leonardo Resta: Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10040532
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 4
p. 532

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected health systems across the globe, making the use of vaccines more urgent and topical than ever. Since the first months after the introduction of vaccinations, several reactions, both local and systemic, have been reported although they were mostly very mild and only rarely harbingers of more serious complications. We present a case of multiple flat warts onset over the cheeks in a patient after the second dose of mRNA BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccine, and we discuss the possible temporal association between the two events, also considering the patient’s antibody status.

Published in Vaccines

ISSN: 2076-393X (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines

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