Citation

Roullet E, Koskas P, Mahieux F, Marteau R. Rev. Neurol. (Masson) 1987; 143(12): 836-838.

Vernacular Title

Dyskinésies aigues récidivantes seules manifestations d'un surdosage en phénytoine.

Affiliation

Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3438640

Abstract

A 20 year-old epileptic female patient was admitted because of recurrent dyskinesias of 3 months duration. She was receiving phenobarbital, phenytoin (PHT) and clonazepam. PHT dosage had been increased 4 months earlier. Clinical examination and CT scan gave normal results. PHT plasmatic levels were 42 micrograms/ml on admission and there were no other symptoms of PHT toxicity. PHT-induced dyskinesias usually occur together with severe encephalopathy and/or clinical or paraclinical evidence of basal ganglia damage and/or other evidence of PHT toxicity, none of which were present here.

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