Age: 52.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy, Magnetic resonance imaging, Musculoskeletal discomfort, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: 24 hours later my neck started swelling up, my left lymph node; abnormal mass in my neck which was my lymph node; I developed a headache over the whole left side of my head; I could hardly move my neck; All of a sudden I kind of broke out in the sweat; Left side of my head just went totally numb; Started feeling tingling in my left hand; I went to eat some yoghurt and I could not swallow at all; Airway is being compromised by the swelling in my neck; I cannot walk my left leg is dragging, so I am lurking around having to hold on; My voice was like had to whisper; Right side of my body started shaking; Later that evening the numbness subsided. I could speak better my left lymph node was still sore; blood pressure went up; white blood cells count was really, really extremely high; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient).  A 52-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 13Apr2021 (Lot Number: EW0153), at the age of 52 years, as single dose for COVID-19 immunization.  Medical history included covid-19 in Sep2020.  Concomitant medication was not reported.  The patient experienced 24 hours later, after vaccination, her neck started swelling up, her left lymph node; abnormal mass in her neck which was her lymph node, which required hospitalization. The patient she developed a headache over the whole left side of her head. She could hardly move her neck. All of a sudden she kind of broke out in the sweat, left side of her head just went totally numb. Started feeling tingling in her left hand. She went to eat some yoghurt and she could not swallow at all, airway was being compromised by the swelling in her neck. She cannot walk her left leg was dragging, so she was  lurking around having to hold on. Her voice was like had to whisper. Right side of her body started shaking, Later that evening the numbness subsided. She could speak better, her left lymph node was still sore. Blood pressure went up, white blood cells count was really, really extremely high.  The patient was hospitalized  from 14Apr2021 to 16Apr2021. The clinical course was reported by the patient as follows: When probed for the reason of hospitalization, consumer stated, "The symptoms I had was, I got the vaccination in my left arm, 24 hours after getting the COVID vaccination shot on 13Apr2021, almost exactly 24 hours later my neck started swelling up, my left lymph node, which I was expecting to have that problem. And I could hardly move my neck and then I developed a headache over the whole left side of my head and behind my eye and it was hurting and then it hurt my ear. So, I was having ear ache too. So, that went on for about an hour and a half and then all of a sudden I kind of broke out in the sweat and the left side of my head just went totally numb and then I started feeling tingling in my left hand and so I went to the bathroom to see if my face was numb, to see if I had any paralysis of my face which I did not have any at all, it was just numb. So, then I am concerned, so I decide I am going to take an Aspirin and so before I took the Aspirin I wanted to eat something because I had not had anything to eat that day. I went to eat some yoghurt and I could not swallow at all, I couldn't swallow the yoghurt. So, then I am concerned my airway is being compromised by the swelling in my neck. So, I got to call # and then I cannot walk my left leg is dragging, so I am lurking around having to hold on and then when I called # my voice was like had to whisper and it was hard to get an information where I was at. Finally they arrived and I was taken into the ambulance and when I was in the ambulance my blood pressure went up and also the right side of my body started shaking, they took me to the hospital. I was in the hospital. I had MRI, a CT scan and all of those things and it was negative for a blood clot or anything, heart problems or brain bleed. So, they ruled all of that out, my white blood cells count was really, really extremely high that is what the doctor said and anyway so I was admitted in the hospital and now I can talk better and the numbness is going away on the 14th a day later which went on for the symptom. So, later that evening the numbness subsided. I could speak better my left lymph node was still sore and everything and of course they did noticed that in the scan, MRI stuff about the abnormal mass in my neck which was my lymph node.". The patient stated, "I was hospitalized on 14Apr2021 and I was released the evening of 16Apr2021. Treatment: the patient stated they did not treat her for anything except for the high blood pressure when out there and that is it. The clinical outcome of Lymph node pain  was not recovered. The clinical outcome of the remaining events was unknown.