Age: 14.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Laboratory test, Lymphadenopathy, Red blood cell sedimentation rate, X-ray
Clinical narrative: 3 lymph nodes on collar bone; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient's mother).   A 14-year-old male patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: EW0164), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 26May2021 around 5pm (at the age of 14 years old) as 1st dose, single dose, dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 16Jun2021 around 5:30pm as 2nd dose, single dose for COVID-19 immunization. No patient history. Patient medical history: None. Family medical history relevant to adverse event was father got sick on second dose of vaccine. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. Relevant Tests: None. No additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect. No other products. The reporter stated that the patient got vaccine on 26May2021. On 04Jun2021, they noticed lymph nodes on his collar bone. They went to the pediatrician because he had never been sick or anything. After the first dose, he had labs taken and they were perfect. Nothing showed inflammation and nothing was elevated at all. The sedimentation rate was fine. There was nothing. His labs were good, and the X-ray was good. The reporter and her husband did a lot of research and thought that it was the vaccine. The pediatrician did not think that it was the vaccine. There were no cases of teenagers or men getting swollen lymph nodes, only adult women. Now, they want to do surgery on him. One pediatrician wanted to do surgery and the other said to let it wait out. The reporter stated that nobody had heard of any cases of this and asked had anyone else reported lymph nodes on teenagers. The reporter stated that she just got the second shot yesterday on 16Jun2021, so she was not letting him do anything. She was making him sit down all day. The reporter stated that she contacted Pfizer yesterday after she saw the surgeon. She did not know how to contact them. So, she sent an email asking for cases. She confirmed that she did not go through a report she just sent an email. The reporter would just like to know if anyone else, any other teenage boys had this issue. She clarified that he had 3 lymph nodes on his collar bone. She remembered exactly when it was because she freaked out. It was 04Jun2021, at 9:30 at night. He came into the living room, saying he had these knots on his neck. The reporter stated that it was different then mosquito bites because they did not itch. 2 of the lymph nodes had stayed the same and one had gotten harder and was getting firm. Treatment was started on antibiotics yesterday, that the surgeon wanted him on. It was Cephalexin 500mg, twice a day. The adverse event did not require a visit to emergency room because she thought it was the vaccine so she just took him to the pediatrician, and he could not find any reports of it. The adverse event required a visit to physician office, since getting the vaccine, he had gone to the pediatrician, and then to saw the surgeon. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included Labs: good, red blood cell sedimentation rate: fine, x-ray: good. The clinical outcome of the event was unknown.