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Trigeminal and cervical radiculitis after tozinameran vaccination against COVID-19
  1. Kaavya Narasimhalu1,
  2. Wai Ching Lee2,
  3. Parag Ratnakar Salkade3 and
  4. Deidre Anne De Silva1
  1. 1National Neuroscience Institute - Singapore General Hospital Campus, Singapore
  2. 2General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
  3. 3Diagnostic Radiology, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kaavya Narasimhalu; nkaavya{at}gmail.com

Abstract

In this report, we describe a patient who developed an acute trigeminal neuritis and cervical radiculitis after receiving a Pfizer-BioNtech vaccination (tozinameran) against SARS-CoV-2.

  • COVID-19
  • Cranial nerves

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242344

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Dr KN drafted the manuscript. Drs WCL, PRS and DADS helped in the critical revision of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.