Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Magnetic resonance imaging, Muscular weakness, Myalgia, Nerve compression
Clinical narrative: Neuropathy in left hand, which later spread to right hand; Severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand.; Severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand.; Severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand.; pinched nerve in neck; Parsonage-Turner syndrome triggered by Pfizer vaccine; weakness in left arm; Pain began about 3 weeks after second dose; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 67-year-old male patient received BNT162B2 (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine), administered in arm left, administration date 26Mar2021 (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 67 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient had no relevant medical history. Concomitant medication(s) included: FISH OIL; TURMERIC [CURCUMA LONGA]. Past drug history included: Amoxicillin, reaction(s): "Known Allergies: Amoxicillin". Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose Number: 1, Batch/Lot No: Unknown. Not available/provided to reporter at the time of report completion, Location of injection: Arm Left), administration date: 05Mar2021, when the patient was 67 years old, for COVID-19 Immunization. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. Prior to the vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19.  The following information was reported: NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (disability, medically significant) with onset Apr2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Neuropathy in left hand, which later spread to right hand"; MYALGIA (disability), ARTHRALGIA (disability), PAIN IN EXTREMITY (disability) all with onset Apr2021, outcome "recovering" and all described as "Severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand."; NERVE COMPRESSION (disability) with onset Apr2021, outcome "recovering", described as "pinched nerve in neck"; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY (disability) with onset Apr2021, outcome "recovering", described as "Parsonage-Turner syndrome triggered by Pfizer vaccine"; MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (disability) with onset Apr2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "weakness in left arm"; PAIN (disability) with onset Apr2021, outcome "recovering", described as "Pain began about 3 weeks after second dose". The events "neuropathy in left hand, which later spread to right hand", "severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand.", "severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand.", "severe sharp pain in bicep, shoulder and radiating into hand.", "pinched nerve in neck", "parsonage-turner syndrome triggered by pfizer vaccine", "weakness in left arm" and "pain began about 3 weeks after second dose" were evaluated at the physician office visit. The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: magnetic resonance imaging: (2021) no evidence of pinched nerve in neck; sars-cov-2 test: (Sep2021) negative, notes: Nasal Swab. Therapeutic measures were not taken as a result of neuropathy peripheral, myalgia, arthralgia, pain in extremity, nerve compression, neuralgic amyotrophy, muscular weakness, pain. The patient received the 3rd dose (booster) of BNT162B2 on 05Oct2021. The lot number for bnt162b2 was not provided and will be requested during follow up.