Age: 67.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: lymph nodes swollen; injection site sore; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 67 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), intramuscular, administered in arm right, administration date 14Jan2021 15:30 (Lot number: EL8982) at the age of 67 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Breast cancer", start date: Jan2008 (unspecified if ongoing); "High cholesterol" (unspecified if ongoing); "surgery, breast cancer", start date: 29Jan2008, stop date: 29Jan2008; "lymph node removal" (unspecified if ongoing). Family history included: "diabetic" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Patient father was diabetic and had heart issues.; "heart issues" (unspecified if ongoing); "stroke" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Patient father had a stroke at age 87 and passed away.; "stage 4 lung cancer" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Patient brother passed away 1 and a half years later; "smoked from ages 15 to 64" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: quit at age 63 because the doctor told him to (brother). Concomitant medication(s) included: SIMVASTATIN taken for blood cholesterol increased (ongoing); PHILLIPS COLON HEALTH (ongoing). The following information was reported: VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious) with onset 14Jan2021 22:00, outcome "recovered" (Jan2021), described as "injection site sore"; LYMPHADENOPATHY (non-serious) with onset 16Jan2021, outcome "recovered" (2021), described as "lymph nodes swollen". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: Vaccination facility type was reported as hospital. 29Jan2008 surgery, breast cancer. First surgery for breast cancer removal and lymph node removal, then the cancer went around the first and second lymph nodes so they had to go back in because they had to take out a bunch more and she had to give them permission to take out more lymph nodes. Patient stated that her first vaccine was 14Jan2021 at 3:30 pm on Thursday. Stated that by 10 o'clock that night, injection site was sore. At 4 am, injection site was very sore. A couple of days later, her lymph nodes were swollen in her left leg, groin area, right arm under armpit. Adds that area under armpit was the size of her thumb. Also, on the left underneath her chest wall. She stated that she has had breast cancer in that left breast. She stated that the swelling went away completely, but that the groin area swelling took 2 weeks to go away. Unable to verbalize exact dates. Confirmed that this was after the first vaccine and also occurred after the second vaccine. She stated that she has been thinking if she should be wasting Pfizers time reporting this, but it could be a coincidence or maybe a reaction. Patient added maybe it was because she had 34 radiations, 8 chemo treatments, 1 year of Herceptine, and breast cancer. States that maybe she can save somebody else, or if a possibility, people can be prepared two weeks early. She added that she was lucky she did not break an arm, leg. or bone. Injection site sore: Stated that this was after both first and second vaccine. It stayed sore for about a week and was just tender after that. If she touched it, she noticed, but it didn't hurt her from doing anything. With the first vaccine, injection site soreness started 14Jan2021 around 10 pm and completely resolved after about a week. Lymph nodes swollen: Stated noticed swelling at 4 AM 16Jan2021. Stated this occurred 4 am after both first and second injection. Occurred to groin area, right arm, and left arm. It was there for a couple of days and then it would just remind her it was there. The arm lymph node swelling went away after a few days, maybe before a week or so. The one in the groin was there for about two weeks. On a scale of 1 to 10, it was a 1.5 and was not something that people need to take an Advil or something for. Clarified it was in the armpit except in the left side because they took those lymph nodes out during surgery in 2008. Also, she noticed lymph node swelling in the chest area.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.