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Reactivation of IgA vasculitis following COVID-19 vaccination
  1. James A Maye1,
  2. Hsu Pheen Chong1,2,
  3. Vivek Rajagopal1,3 and
  4. William Petchey1,2
  1. 1Department of General Medicine, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, UK
  2. 2Department of Nephrology, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, UK
  3. 3Department of Rheumatology, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr James A Maye; j.anthonymaye{at}gmail.com

Abstract

A 23-year-old man presented to the acute assessment unit with acute-onset haematuria within 24 hours of receiving his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. He had been diagnosed with IgA vasculitis 8 months previously. IgA vasculitis is an autoimmune condition characterised by palpable purpura affecting the lower limbs, abdominal pain, arthralgia and renal disease. He was diagnosed with an acute exacerbation of IgA vasculitis and was discharged with oral prednisolone. Reactivation or first presentation of IgA vasculitis is a rare but increasingly recognised complication of COVID-19 vaccination. This is an important new differential in the assessment of patients with haematuria following COVID-19 vaccination.

  • renal medicine
  • vasculitis
  • haematuria
  • proteinuria

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-247188

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors The patient was under the care of HPC and VR. The manuscript was authored by JAM. WP and HPC contributed to editing the manuscript. The report was conceptualised and overseen by WP.

    • 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.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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