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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2026

Clinical progression of a smallpox postvaccination response.

Maggie H Zhou, Shari R Lipner, Stephen K Tyring

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Maggie H ZhouVagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7448-3645
Shari R LipnerDepartment of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Stephen K TyringDepartment of Dermatology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3337-0580

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of a 20-year-old man with a non-necrotic, shallow, well-circumscribed ulcer on the shoulder. The patient had no significant medical history, although he noted that he was joining the military and received a smallpox vaccine injection at the same site several weeks earlier. While the differential diagnosis also included pyoderma gangrenosum, brown recluse bite, and Buruli ulcer, the patient's presentation is characteristic of a typical postvaccination progression, which is self-limited. It is important for dermatologists for be aware of this postvaccination response to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary workup, given that the smallpox vaccine is still administered in healthcare workers and military recruits.

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SmallpoxSmallpox VaccineVaccinationDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMilitary PersonnelYoung AdultSmallpox VaccineSmallpoxulcervaccination response

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PMID42478786
PMCPMC13682244

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