Parsonage-Turner syndrome of the brachial plexus secondary to COVID-19 vaccine: A case report.

Islam MejriLenda Ben HmidaInes BedouiTasnim ZneguiMaroua KacemZied MoatemriHajer DerbaliSamia JammeliNejiba Fekih Mrissa

Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)

Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is a peripheral inflammatory neuropathy of unknown etiology. We present a rare case of a 50-year-old male patient with PTS post-COVID-19 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Symptoms occurred 15 days after the second dose. He was treated with corticosteroids, analgesics, and physical rehabilitation with a partial recovery.

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