Cerebral embolism after vaccination against COVID-19: a case report: COVID-19 and vaccination

Yavuz Pirhan; Suat Evirgen

doi:10.5281/zenodo.7482285

Authors

Yavuz Pirhan Amasya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Amasya, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6739
Suat Evirgen Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Amasya, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-2426

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7482285

Keywords:

Cerebral embolism, COVID-19, vaccination

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is threatening world health back since 2019 by undergoing various mutations in the world day by day. However, various measures and treatment options are being developed against the disease. Among these, first of all, mask, distance, cleaning and immunization with vaccines come. Of course, unknown complications are beginning to emerge in newly developed vaccines, and these complications make people nervous. We wanted to share a case of cerebrovascular embolism, which we think developed secondary to BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine after routine surgery.

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