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Report #2857913

Received Sep 10, 2025

Hospitalized
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
79 yrs
State
DC
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Sep 2, 2025
Onset
Sep 8, 2025
Days to onset
6
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (3)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
DTAPHEPBIPDTAP + HEPB + IPV (PEDIARIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALSUNK——
IPVPOLIO VIRUS, INACT. (IPOL)SANOFI PASTEURUNK——
PNC20PNEUMO (PREVNAR20)PFIZER\WYETHUNK——

Symptoms (8)

BlisterCondition aggravatedEpistaxisHaematuriaHaemorrhage intracranialInjection site haemorrhagePlatelet count decreasedThrombocytopenia

Symptom narrative

? 2 Sep 2025 (evening): Petechiae noted around vaccination sites. ? 8 Sep 2025: Severe thrombocytopenia (life-threatening) diagnosed; patient developed intracranial hemorrhage (brain bleed). ? Intervening symptoms: Epistaxis (bloody nose), gross hematuria, new blisters on arms and face.

Current illness

? Loop recorder and electrophysiology follow-up ? Recent start of Gemtesa (vibegron) for overactive bladder (2 weeks ago)

Medical history

? High-grade B-cell lymphoma (Burkitt/Burkitt-like), diagnosed 2021, relapse 2024, treated with DA?R-EPOCH (with prior chemotherapy-associated thrombocytopenia in 2021), polatuzumab, rituximab, and CAR-T cell therapy (Nov 2024). Most recent PET scan (Deauville 1-2) shows no evidence of active disease. ? Prostate cancer (active surveillance) ? Chronic kidney disease (minimal change disease, managed with tacrolimus, previously on prednisone) ? Hypercoagulability (antithrombin III deficiency, prior PE, central retinal vein occlusion) ? Not on chronic anticoagulation due to GI bleeding; restarted Xarelto and aspirin after retinal vein occlusion in 2023 ? Residual vision loss (left eye)

Other medications

? Tacrolimus (for minimal change disease) ? Gemtesa (vibegron) started 2 weeks prior ? Aspirin and Xarelto (restarted in 2023, not currently on chronic anticoagulation)

Allergies

No medications. Seasonal allergy

Lab data

CBC prior to vaccination same day ? WBC 6.33 k/uL Hgb 11.0 g/dL, Platelet count 182k/UL Platelet count on presentation 9/8 less than 2 k/UL