TY - JOUR

T1 - Nydiagnosticeret melanom diagnosticeret på basis af kutanediagnosticeret på basis af kutane bivirkninger efter COVID-19-bivirkninger efter COVID-19- vaccinationvaccination

AU - Eskandarani, Hassan Ali

AU - Gjørup, Caroline

AU - Nørgaard, Peter

AU - Hölmich, Lisbeth Rosenkrantz

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - While the Danish Health Authority has withdrawn the vaxzevria vaccine from the Danish vaccination programme due to reports of rare cases of severe side effects, this case report presents a potential beneficial side effect of this vaccine. A patient presented, three days after her first jab, with localized itching and bleeding from a pigmented tumour on her lower leg, which was therefore excised, and, unexpectedly, diagnosed as a melanoma. We speculate if the vaccine-induced immune reaction resulted in increased immune activity within the tumour environment, and thus facilitated the early diagnosis of melanoma.

AB - While the Danish Health Authority has withdrawn the vaxzevria vaccine from the Danish vaccination programme due to reports of rare cases of severe side effects, this case report presents a potential beneficial side effect of this vaccine. A patient presented, three days after her first jab, with localized itching and bleeding from a pigmented tumour on her lower leg, which was therefore excised, and, unexpectedly, diagnosed as a melanoma. We speculate if the vaccine-induced immune reaction resulted in increased immune activity within the tumour environment, and thus facilitated the early diagnosis of melanoma.

KW - COVID-19/prevention & control

KW - COVID-19 Vaccines

KW - Early Detection of Cancer

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Melanoma/diagnosis

KW - Skin Neoplasms/diagnosis

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 35656609

VL - 184

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

SN - 0041-5782

IS - 22

M1 - V01220060

ER -