Orbital myositis and scleritis after anti-SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines: A report of three cases.

Gustavo Savino Gloria GambiniGiovanni ScorciaNicolino ComiClaudia Fossataronull Stanislao Rizzo

Published in: European journal of ophthalmology (2022)

As far as we know these are the first report of orbital myositis and scleritis presenting after mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine (Pfizer/BioNTech) and mRNA-1273-(Moderna) vaccine, an uncommon effect of a likely autoimmune reaction triggered by the virus antigen.

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