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Report #2850807

Received Jul 23, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
40 yrs
State
—
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
May 8, 2025
Onset
May 8, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
HPV9HPV (GARDASIL 9)MERCK & CO. INC.1Y005835IM / AR

Symptoms (4)

Cutaneous calcificationNoduleSensation of foreign bodyUltrasound scan abnormal

Symptom narrative

First Human Papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine given on 5/8/25. Patient developed firm nodule of right arm of vaccine that has persisted. US of area shows a "shadowing echo in the region of concern right upper forearm corresponding to palpable abnormality measuring 7 x 4 x 4 mm suggesting calcification or other foreign body". NDC was 0006-4121-01

Current illness

Protection against cervical cancer

Medical history

rheumatoid arthritis

Lab data

10-JUL-2025: RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY ULTRASOUND: arm ultrasound: there is shadowing echo in the region of concern right upper forearm corresponding to palpable abnormality measuring 7 x 4 x 4 mm suggesting calcification or other foreign body