Extensive swelling reaction associated with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine.
Although extensive swelling reactions in the injected limb after the administration of diphtheria-tetanus toxoid-acellular pertussis vaccine have been reported previously, to our knowledge, computerized tomography images of this entity have not been published. A 4-year-old boy with extensive swelling after vaccination with diphtheria-tetanus toxoid-acellular pertussis vaccine is presented.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Nishant K
NK
Sekaran
Kathryn M
KM
Edwards
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000517:prevention & control; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013742:Tetanus / Q000517:prevention & control; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D017778:Vaccines, Combined / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000517:prevention & control
D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid; D022681:Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D017778:Vaccines, Combined