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Abstract

Monitoring adverse reactions following immunisation is essential, particularly for new vaccines such as those against COVID-19. We describe 20 cases of acute onset of a single supraclavicular lymphadenopathy manifesting between 24 h and 9 days after ipsilateral intramuscular administration of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, referred to our WHO Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Safety. Our results indicate that the swelling of supraclavicular lymph nodes following immunisation may constitute a benign and self-limited condition, related to a higher than recommended injection site.

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Acute onset supraclavicular lymphadenopathy coinciding with intramuscular mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 may be related to vaccine injection technique, Spain, January and February 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Mar%C3%ADa+Fern%C3%A1ndez-Prada&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fernández-Prada María</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Irene+Rivero-Calle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rivero-Calle Irene</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ana++Calvache-Gonz%C3%A1lez&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Calvache-González Ana </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Federico+Martin%C3%B3n-Torres&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Martinón-Torres Federico</a></span>. Acute onset supraclavicular lymphadenopathy coinciding with intramuscular mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 may be related to vaccine injection technique, Spain, January and February 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(10):pii=2100193. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.10.2100193" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.10.2100193</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 18 Feb 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 10 Mar 2021 </span> </p>
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