Abstract
Background : The only way to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, were vaccines. Although effective in decreasing the rate and severity of the disease, there has been also considerable adverse events. Since the birth of vaccines, adverse reactions undeniably accompanied vaccines immunity and COVID-19 vaccines are no exceptions. In this report, we aimed to evaluate a rare reaction.
Case presentation : We report a 52-year-old woman, presenting with scleritis following the third dose of Sinopharm vaccinations. She had no significant past history of any disease or any similar reactions after previous doses. No significant positive point was found during evaluations. She was prescribed a tapering dose of prednisolone (30mg at the start), along with azathioprine (50mg/day) to control the episode. After two weeks, the scleritis completely resolved.
Conclusion: Adverse events of vaccines could be a sign of an undiagnosed autoimmune disease. As mentioned in this case, clinicians must carefully assess patients with ocular adverse events as they are highly associated to undiagnosed autoimmune diseases.