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Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021
Research Letter

Fatal Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Patient with Multiple Myeloma

Gwang-Jun Choi, Seon Ha Baek, Junmo Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Geun-Yong Kwon, Dong Keun Kim, Yeon Haw Jung, and Sejoong KimComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Daegu Metropolitan Government, Daegu, South Korea (G.-J. Choi); Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong, South Korea (S.H. Baek); National Forensic Service Daegu Institute, Daegu (J. Kim); Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu (J.H. Kim); Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea (G.-Y. Kwon, D.K. Kim, Y.H. Jung); Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea (S. Kim)

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Results of laboratory tests in patient with smoldering multiple myeloma who had SCLS develop after vaccination for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, South Korea*

Clinical measures Reference range Test results after SCLS episodes
5 mo earlier Postvaccination
Leukocytes, ×103/mm3 4–10 6.88 29.42
Hemoglobin, g/dL 13–17 14.7 22.7
Hematocrit, % 40–52 44.3 63.7
Platelet, ×103/mm3 140–440 259 133
Albumin, g/dL 3.5–5.0 4.8 3.3
Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL 8–23 13.6 33
Creatinine, mg/dL 0.7–1.2 0.94 2.0
Aspartate transaminase, IU/L 10–35 22 30
Alanine transferase, IU/L 0–40 14 4
Total bilirubin, mg/dL 0.1–1.2 0.5 1.46
Calcium, mg/dL 8.6–10.6 10.0 8.9
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, mm/h 0–20 Not done 13
C-reactive protein, mg/dL 0–0.5 Not done 2.371
Procalcitonin, ng/ml 0–5 Not done 0.641
Troponin I, ng/mL 0–0.04 Not done 0.017
Creatine kinase myocardial band, ng/mL 0.6–6.3 Not done 3.5
N terminal-pro B-type natriuretic peptide, pg/mL 0–125 35.1 4,427
Lactic acid, mmol/L 0.5–1.6 Not done 5.4
Creatine phosphokinase, IU/L 1–171 Not done 276

*Vaccine was Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, https://www.jnj.com). SCLS, systemic capillary leak syndrome.

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