Phenytoin induced dystonia
The abnormalities of dopaminergic activity in the basal ganglia have been emphasized to be effective in dystonia. We hereby report a case of a 2.5-year-old male patient who presented with tonic-clonic sezures and who developed dystonia after being given phenytoin. Biperidene hydrochloride was admin...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
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| author | Tarık Acar Gülsüm Alkan Hüseyin Çaksen Birsen Ertekin Mehmet Ergin Sedat Koçak Başar Cander |
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The abnormalities of dopaminergic activity in the basal ganglia have been emphasized to be effective in dystonia. We hereby report a case of a 2.5-year-old male patient who presented with tonic-clonic sezures and who developed dystonia after being given phenytoin. Biperidene hydrochloride was administered intramuscularly; primidone was added to the treatment regimen. After a 7-day-follow-up at the hospital, the patient had no dystonia and was discharged.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7eafd02131546f2bd4c7e9d2fdf28c02025-08-20T02:55:38ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212018-02-0160110.24953/turkjped.2018.01.019Phenytoin induced dystoniaTarık Acar0Gülsüm Alkan1Hüseyin Çaksen2Birsen Ertekin3Mehmet Ergin4Sedat Koçak5Başar Cander6Department of Emergency Medicine, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.Departments of Pediatrics, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.Departments of Pediatrics, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.Department of Emergency Medicine, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.Departments of Emergency Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.Departments of Emergency Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.Departments of Emergency Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey. The abnormalities of dopaminergic activity in the basal ganglia have been emphasized to be effective in dystonia. We hereby report a case of a 2.5-year-old male patient who presented with tonic-clonic sezures and who developed dystonia after being given phenytoin. Biperidene hydrochloride was administered intramuscularly; primidone was added to the treatment regimen. After a 7-day-follow-up at the hospital, the patient had no dystonia and was discharged. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/825dystoniaepilepsyphenytoin |
| spellingShingle | Tarık Acar Gülsüm Alkan Hüseyin Çaksen Birsen Ertekin Mehmet Ergin Sedat Koçak Başar Cander Phenytoin induced dystonia dystonia epilepsy phenytoin |
| title | Phenytoin induced dystonia |
| title_full | Phenytoin induced dystonia |
| title_fullStr | Phenytoin induced dystonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phenytoin induced dystonia |
| title_short | Phenytoin induced dystonia |
| title_sort | phenytoin induced dystonia |
| topic | dystonia epilepsy phenytoin |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/825 |
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