Age: 76.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Limb injury, Pre-existing condition improved, Therapeutic response unexpected, Vaccination site pain, Wound haemorrhage
Clinical narrative: he pulled up on it and tore it off and it bled a little; had three big warts on his arm/the other one turned loose when he bumped it on the deck; the first wart was gone within 3-4 days after his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot, and they were all gone within about 5-6 days; the first wart was gone within 3-4 days after his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot, and they were all gone within about 5-6 days; injection site soreness; This is a spontaneous report from a Pfizer-sponsored program. A contactable consumer (patient) and a physician reported that a 76-year-old male patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 17Mar2021 (lot number: EM9809) at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The relevant medical history included bypass surgery from 2019, stent placement from 2014, diabetic from 2001, ongoing viral infection wart (those warts had been there about a year) from an unspecified date. Concomitant medications were reported as none. The patient had three big warts on his arm that he was going to have removed at the dermatologist, three days after receiving the vaccine the first wart was gone, the next day the second wart came off and the 3rd day the last wart was still anchored but was pulled off while working on the lawn mower. The patient clarified that he had viral infection warts on his right arm that were 3/8 of an inch to a half inch thick and were always hanging on stuff. He said he went to a dermatologist for cancers and showed him those and they said for him to make an appointment to come back for insurance, and that they would probably have to take them off. He said after he got the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose, three days later one came off and then another started peeling up off his skin. He said that the third one was peeling up at the edges after the other one turned loose when he bumped it on the deck, so he pulled up on it and tore it off and it bled a little, but it was gone and hadn't come back, so he was proud of it. He said he didn't know if the warts coming off was because of vaccine, but when he took care of warts before he had them removed in the past or burned off. He said that he wanted to give Pfizer the information in case they could use the same medication to help with getting rid of warts without having them removed. He said he was proud the warts were gone, he didn't know if any others had this reaction to this medication, where their warts came off. He said other than this he just had a little soreness to his arm after both injections. He said maybe they could make a cream or something to put on warts to make them come off. He said he didn't know if call handler ever experienced warts like this, but he had some burned off years ago, and they sell a wart remover that is smelly that you have to get on the wart that is an acid. No further details provided about the wart remover. He said maybe the could use the COVID vaccine to develop something with this purpose. The patient said that his warts he first had a while back, he knew they were on there the last time he went to see his dermatologist because he asked about them. He said he usually went to see his dermatologist between October and December at the end of every year, so those warts had been there about a year. He said that he noticed the first wart was gone within 3-4 days after his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot, and they were all gone within about 5-6 days, they were gone way before he went back for his second dose. He said he thought it was great they were gone. He said his arm soreness went away within 3-4 days, after the first dose it took 3 days. He said he did no treatment for the arm soreness. The patient stated that the only thing that his viral warts coming off could be associated with was the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The outcome of the event injection site soreness was recovered on an unspecified date, while other events were unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.