shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)

Epidemiology

• rare

Pathology

• vaccine is injected into tissues containing a preexisting antibody
• deltoid bursitis

Notes

• case report of extraordinarily high shoulder injection into the deltoid bursa rather than the muscle, resistance in advancing the needle noted, the needle then allegedly redirected into the shoulder joint space

More general terms

• shoulder injury

Additional terms

• vaccine