Extensive limb swelling after immunization: reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2003
Abstract
Extensive limb swelling (ELS) has been reported after vaccination with a limited number of vaccine types. We sought to describe vaccine types involved in and the clinical characteristics of ELS cases reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). A case of ELS was defined as any report of edema extending at least to the elbow or knee of a vaccinated extremity. Four hundred ninety-seven cases were identified, with some describing swelling from the shoulder to the hand or the hip to the foot. Patient age ranged from 0.1 to 91 years. The proportion of reports of ELS associated with a given vaccine, among all VAERS reports received for that vaccine, varied substantially among vaccines. Most reactions began within 1 day after vaccination and involved other signs of inflammation. Postvaccination ELS can involve both the proximal and distal segments of the extremity, affects all age groups, and occurs after vaccination with a broad range of vaccines.
Volume
37
Issue
3
First Page
351
Last Page
358
ISSN
1537-6591
Published In/Presented At
Woo, E. J., Burwen, D. R., Gatumu, S. N., Ball, R., & Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System Working Group (2003). Extensive limb swelling after immunization: reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 37(3), 351–358. https://doi.org/10.1086/375820
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry
PubMedID
12884159
Department(s)
Department of Psychiatry
Document Type
Article