Unique Imaging Findings of Neurologic Phantosmia Following Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report

Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Jun 1;30(3):133-137. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000287.

Abstract

Olfactory dysfunction related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease is now well established in the literature. In December 2020, the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for use in preventing COVID-19 in the United States. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a phantosmia post-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, with positive magnetic resonance imaging radiographic findings in a patient with documented absence of infection by SARS-CoV-2 virus or concomitant sinonasal disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Vaccines / adverse effects*
  • Hallucinations / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hallucinations / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Olfaction Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
  • Olfaction Disorders / etiology*
  • Radiography

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines