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Report #2833745

Received Mar 29, 2025

HospitalizedER / ED visitOffice visitDisabled
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
11 yrs
State
FL
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Jul 21, 2020
Onset
Dec 1, 2022
Days to onset
863
Hospital days
22

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
HPV9HPV (GARDASIL 9)MERCK & CO. INC.UNK—UN

Symptoms (16)

Brain operationCentral venous catheterisationCerebrospinal fluid leakageComputerised tomogramCraniopharyngiomaDrain placementEpiphysiolysisHeadacheHip surgeryHypopituitarismLumbar spinal drainage complicationMagnetic resonance imaging head abnormalMigraineNasal operationNeck painVisual impairment

Symptom narrative

Headaches and migraines after HPV Vaccination. Then more severe migraines, partial blindness in one eye. Leading up to discovering a craniopharyngioma on July 27, 2023. Surgery to remove craniopharyngioma on Aug. 3, 2023. CSF leak on Aug. 10, 2023. Lumbar drain put back in on Aug. 14, 2023. Aug. 16, 2023 - Starts Vasopressin/DDAVP every 12 hours. On Aug. 18, 2023 the nurse removed too much CSF 20-40 ml which caused severe head and neck pain, he also started on hydrocortisone every 8 hours. Started taking Levothyroxine every morning before breakfast. Due to surgical removal of craniopharyngioma - he now has panhypopituitarism. Aug. 23, 2023 PICC line and lumbar drain are removed. Aug. 25, 2023 patient is released from the hospital. On March 7, 2024 patient starts on Norditropin. On 12 March 2024, patient has nose surgery to clean up scar tissue from brain surgery. 11 July 2024 patient has hip surgery for SCFE

Current illness

None

Medical history

None

Other medications

Children's Flintstone Multivitamin

Allergies

Augmentin

Lab data

12 May 2023 appt with optometrist for black spots in vision, but doctor doesn't see anting wrong. 12 July 2023 - patient has PCM with Dr. - he refers to ophthalmologist On 26 July 2023: Ophthalmologist - confirms vision loss and orders MRI. On 27 Jul 2023- MRI is completed. On July 28, 2023 MRI confirms craniopharyngioma. Aug. 3, 2023 admitted to the hospital, more MRIs and CTs.