Table 1.
Patient | Diagnosis | Sex | Age, years | Type of COVID‐19 vaccine | Time lag, days | Comorbidities | Clinical course |
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1 | PRP | F | 62 |
Moderna, first dose (second dose not administered) |
5 | Metabolic syndrome, T2DM, hypertensive heart disease, hypothyroidism, CKD | Progressive remission with systemic prednisone (1 mg/kg/day for 2 weeks, then tapered) and topical steroids at 1‐month follow‐up. Hospitalization for COVID‐19 infection 4 months after PRP onset |
2 | PRP | F | 82 |
Pfizer–BioNTech, first dose (second dose not administered) |
7 | Plaque and nail psoriasis, CLL, T2DM, hypertension, COPD | Clinical improvement achieved with subcutaneous MTX 15 mg/weekly. Residual PP hyperkeratosis and scaly plaques on head and neck at the 4‐month follow‐up |
3 | SS | F | 69 |
Oxford–AstraZeneca, first dose (second dose not administered) |
12 | Overweight, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, iron‐deficiency anaemia | Treated with steroid administration (prednisone 1 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks, then slow tapering). At 3‐month follow‐up, complete healing of the ulcerated plaques with residual hyperpigmentation |
4 | PLEVA | M | 70 |
Pfizer–BioNTech, second dose |
5 | Acute lymphocytic leukaemia in complete remission | Treated with topical combination of fusidic acid 2% plus betamethasone cream 0.1%. Complete remission within 10 weeks |
5 | EM | F | 76 |
Pfizer–BioNTech, first dose (second dose administered) |
4 |
Lung adenocarcinoma (Stage IV), arterial hypertension, T2DM, COPD |
Topical prescription of methylprednisolone 0.1% cream twice daily for 10 days. Complete clearance achieved in 10 days. No recurrence with the second vaccine dose |
CKD, chronic kidney disease; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EM, erythema multiforme; PLEVA, pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta; PP, palmoplantar; PRP, pityriasis rubra pilaris; T2DM, Type 2 diabetes mellitus; MTX, methotrexate; SS; Sweet syndrome.