Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is considered beneficial by the majority, but side effects occur in some cases. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: We report on a 28-year-old female who developed fever within 3 days of an initial dose with a vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Eight days after vaccination, she developed paresthesias and dysesthesias of all four limbs. Cerebral imaging showed two non-specific and non-enhancing lesions in the left white matter. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies revealed pleocytosis of 82/3 cells. Examination for multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, acute, demyelinating encephalomyelitis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome was negative. She received steroids, which resulted in complete resolution of the neurological abnormalities. In summary, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can occasionally be complicated by an inflammatory CSF syndrome, which resolves on administration of steroids.
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