Two Case Reports about Prostatitis and Penile Edema as Allergic Reaction to Pfizer-Biontech Covid19 Vaccine

Authors

  • Marco Rinaldi Medical Director in Urology at the Western Hospital Unit “San Pio” in Castellaneta (Via del Mercato,1 , Castellaneta, Italy) and Resident of Urology at the University of Bari at the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Bari (Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11 , Bari, Italy) Author
  • Sebastiano Di Lena Chief of Urology at the Western Hospital Unit “San Pio” in Castellaneta (Via del Mercato,1, Castellaneta, Italy) Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JDDT/2022(2)116

Keywords:

Prostatitis, Penile Edema, Allergic Reaction, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 Vaccine

Abstract

Penile edema is a condition of fluid accumulation in the intracellular spaces of the penile soft tissues, often associated with sexually transmitted diseases, but can have different causes, such as allergic reactions [1,2].


Prostatitis is an inflammatory condition of the prostate which is classified by the NIH as acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, chronic non bacterial prostatitis-Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) and asymptomatic prostatitis [3]. There are also described, in the scientific literature, cases of allergic prostatitis [4].


We report the clinical case of a prostatitis and penile edema as allergic reaction to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine for which there is still insufficient scientific literature.

Author Biography

  • Marco Rinaldi, Medical Director in Urology at the Western Hospital Unit “San Pio” in Castellaneta (Via del Mercato,1 , Castellaneta, Italy) and Resident of Urology at the University of Bari at the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Bari (Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11 , Bari, Italy)

    Marco Rinaldi, Medical Director in Urology at the Western Hospital Unit “San Pio” in Castellaneta (Via del Mercato,1 , Castellaneta, Italy) and Resident of Urology at the University of Bari at the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Bari (Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11 , Bari, Italy).

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Published

2022-08-26

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2022): Volume 2 Issue 3

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