Sex: F
Vaccine: FLUX
Symptoms: Chest discomfort, Chest pain, Discomfort, Pain, Pharyngeal swelling
Clinical narrative: Felt a gripping sensation around her rib cage that radiated down her body/gripping feeling on the side of her body where it started at the rib cage(breastbone) and went all the way down; Felt a gripping sensation around her rib cage that radiated down her body/gripping feeling on the side of her body where it started at the rib cage(breastbone) and went all the way down; Felt the back of her throat was swelling/having a little swelling in the back of her throat; This spontaneous case was received on 11-Feb-2021 reported by other health professional (nurse) to Agency (reference number: SEQW21-00462) with additional documents received on 16-Feb-2021 reporter to Novartis (reference number: NUS2021US022355) and on 22-Feb-2021 reported to Agency (reference number: SEQW21-00682) by same reporter and concerned a female patient of an unreported age.  The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported.  On 19-Dec-2014, the patient was vaccinated with influenza virus vaccine polyvalent (brand not specified; dose, anatomical location, route of administration: not reported) for influenza prophylaxis. The batch number reported was 1412001 and expiry date reported was May-2015.  On the same day, within a half hour after receiving influenza virus vaccine polyvalent, the patient experienced a reaction. The patient felt a gripping sensation around her rib cage that radiated down her body and felt the back of her throat was swelling, this was not an anaphylactic reaction. This was also reported as, the patient felt this gripping feeling on the side of her body where it started at the rib cage(breastbone) and went all the way down, which eventually did subsided. The patient also experienced having a little swelling in the back of her throat and not severe where she wasn't able to breathe. The patient was advised to not receive another flu vaccine. The patient was going to see an allergist.  On the same day, after half hour, the patient recovered from the events.   The reporter did not provide causality assessment.  The case was assessed as non-serious.  Company comment:The patient developed chest pain, pain and pharyngeal swelling on the same day after vaccination with the suspect product, influenza virus vaccine polyvalent. Chronology is suggestive. The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. On the same day, after half hour, the patient recovered from the events. Causal relationship for all other events is assessed as possibly related (defaults to ''related'' in the safety database for reporting purposes).; Sender's Comments: The patient developed chest pain, pain and pharyngeal swelling on the same day after vaccination with the suspect product, influenza virus vaccine polyvalent. Chronology is suggestive. The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. On the same day, after half hour, the patient recovered from the events. Causal relationship for all other events is assessed as possibly related (defaults to ''related'' in the safety database for reporting purposes).