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01-08-2021 | Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis | Case Report - Vascular Neurosurgery - Other
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis 2 weeks after the first dose of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
Authors:
Zaitun Zakaria, Nur Asma Sapiai, Abdul Rahman Izaini Ghani
Published in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Issue 8/2021
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Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly transmissible virus and has become pandemic. Part of the prevention of disease spread by the Malaysian government is by getting COVID-19 vaccine. Using the mRNA technology, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is one of the vaccines been approved by the Drug Control Authority in Malaysia. Herein, we report an immediate complication of cerebral VST after the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.