Cervical lymphadenopathy following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine: clinical characteristics and implications for head and neck cancer services
| Autor: | M. Abou-Foul, Ajith George, E Ross, A K Abou-Foul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty COVID-19 Vaccines Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) COVID-19 Vaccine Lymphadenopathy Disease medicine.disease_cause Vascularity Cervical lymphadenopathy medicine Humans Head And Neck Cancer Ultrasonography Aged Retrospective Studies Coronavirus Aged 80 and over SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Head and neck cancer Main Articles Head And Neck Neoplasms COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Otorhinolaryngology Female medicine.symptom business Neck |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology and Otology |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0022215121002462 |
| Popis: | ObjectivePatients with coronavirus disease vaccine associated lymphadenopathy are increasingly being referred to healthcare services. This work is the first to report on the incidence, clinical course and imaging features of coronavirus disease vaccine associated cervical lymphadenopathy, with special emphasis on the implications for head and neck cancer services.MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of all patients referred to our head and neck cancer clinics between 16 December 2020 and 12 March 2021. The main outcomes measured were the proportion of patients with vaccine-associated cervical lymphadenopathy, and the clinical and imaging characteristics.ResultsThe incidence of vaccine-associated cervical lymphadenopathy referrals was 14.8 per cent (n = 13). Five patients (38.5 per cent) had abnormal-looking enlarged and rounded nodes with increased vascularity. Only seven patients (53.9 per cent) reported full resolution within an average of 3.1 ± 2.3 weeks.ConclusionCoronavirus disease vaccine associated cervical lymphadenopathy can mimic malignant lymphadenopathy and therefore might prove challenging to diagnose and manage correctly. Healthcare services may encounter a significant increase in referrals. |
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