Res Vestib Sci.  2022 Sep;21(3):89-92. 10.21790/rvs.2022.21.3.89.

Vestibular Neuritis after COVID-19 Vaccination

• Kim SH
• Hwang SH

• KMID: 2534299
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2022.21.3.89

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly and was declared a pandemic. In this situation, vaccination for COVID-19 is important and has been prompted in many countries. However, a number of adverse events have been reported for the Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines. Otolaryngologic adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination were reported, including several cases of sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Vestibular neuritis (VN) is an acute vestibular syndrome that causes acute and spontaneous vertigo due to unilateral vestibular deafferentiation, leading to nausea or vomiting and unsteadiness that can last from days to weeks. Neurotropism for the cochleovestibular nerve, immunoglobulin G mediated immune off-target reaction, and reactivation of latent viruses are hypothesized to be etiologies. Herein, the case of a 49-year-old female who developed VN after COVID-19 vaccination is presented. Although the association between VN and COVID-19 vaccination remains unclear, clinicians should be aware that VN may occur as an adverse event of COVID-19 vaccination.

Keyword

Vestibular neuritis; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 vaccines; Vaccination; 전정신경염; 코로나바이러스감염증-19; 중증 급성호흡기증후군 코로나바이러스 2; 코로나바이러스감염증19 백신; 예방접종