Localized cutaneous reaction to an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

The corona virus disease (COVID-19) is a novel disease that can lead to fatal outcomes in infected individuals. Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are two of the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccines in the United States (US) to date. Disclosed side effects by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) included tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea. 1,2 A variety of other adverse effects are continuously being reported in individual patients. We describe a case of localized cutaneous reaction to a mRNA vaccine.