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. 2021 Oct 5;36(1):e13–e16. doi: 10.1111/jdv.17676

Table 1.

Literature review of the case reports documenting adverse cutaneous reactions as a result of a COVID‐19 vaccine 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9

Age Gender Comorbidities Vaccine Presentation Onset Treatment Outcome Reference
55 Male Nil of note Pfizer (1st dose)

Maculopapular rash

Face, Trunk, Upper extremities and Thighs

3 h Topical steroids

Resolution within days

Did not take 2nd dose

3
20s Female Alopecia Pfizer (1st dose)

Pityriasis rosea‐like eruptions

Trunk and Proximal extremities

2 days Topical steroids Resolution after 2 weeks 4
40s Male Nil of note Pfizer (2nd dose)

Pityriasis rosea‐like eruptions

Trunk and Proximal extremities

2 days Doxycycline and Bilastine Resolution after 3 weeks 4
60 Male DM, HTN on Tenegliptin, Metformin, Amlodipine Unknown (1st dose)

Steven Johnson Syndrome

Extensive involvement with oral lesions

3 days Ciclosporin

Resolution after 7 days

Did not take 2nd dose

5
30 Male Nil of note Pfizer (both doses) Pruritic erythematous morbilliform eruption 2 days Nil Resolution after 24 h 6
83 Female

HTN

Hypothyroidism

Breast cancer on Palbociclib, Letrozole, Vitamin D

Johnson & Johnson (single dose)

Pruritic annular patches with central clearing

Trunk and Axilla

2 days Antihistamines and Topical steroids Resolution after 2 weeks 7
56 Female Lichen planus Pfizer (2nd dose)

Lichen planus

Extensive involvement

2 days Topical steroids N/A 8
26 Female Nil of note Pfizer (both doses)

Fixed drug eruption

Near injection site

14 days N/A N/A 9

Data documented in the study by McMahon et al. are excluded in this table.

DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; N/A, not available.

Cutaneous reaction occurred 2 days after the first dose and recurred 2 days after the second dose.

Fixed drug eruption occurred 14 days after the first dose and reappeared 14 days after the second dose.