Deranged liver function test after Covid 19 vaccination: a rare presentation with review of literature

Authors

  • Salma Salman Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Tayyab Khan Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Sadia Iqbal Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Iftekhar Ahmed Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Tab-E-Rasool Department of Rheumatology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6322

Keywords:

Vaccination, liver function test, Covid 19

Abstract

Word Health Organization declared Covid 19 infection as pandemic in 2020. Since then different countries had started working on vaccination. After multiple trials different vaccinations got approved. The first vaccine to be received in Pakistan was Sinopharm and was provided to nearly all health care professionals on priority basis. The safety profile of different vaccines were satisfactory and there were very few side effects reported till date. We are reporting the first case in Pakistan where a female health care professional developed vaccination induced deranged liver function test with delayed but complete recovery. Extensive workup was done to rule out all other differentials of deranged liver function test.

Keyword: Vaccination, liver function test, Covid19.

Published

2023-08-15

How to Cite

Salma Salman, Khan, T., Iqbal, S., Ahmed, I., & Tab-E-Rasool. (2023). Deranged liver function test after Covid 19 vaccination: a rare presentation with review of literature. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(9), 1891–1893. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6322

Issue

Section

CASE REPORT