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shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)

Epidemiology: - rare Pathology: - vaccine is injected into tissues containing a preexisting antibody - deltoid bursitis Notes: - case report of extraordinarily high shoulder injection into the deltoid bursa rather than the muscle, resistance in advancing the needle noted, the needle then allegedly redirected into the shoulder joint space

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vaccine

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shoulder injury

References

  1. Wiesel BB, Keeling LE. Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Sep 1;29(17):732-739 PMID: 34185028
  2. Fiore K Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury. SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility. MedPage Today September 9, 2021 https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/94434