The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2018 , Vol 60 , Num 1
Phenytoin induced dystonia
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey2 Departments of Pediatrics, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
3 Departments of Emergency Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2018.01.019 Acar T, Alkan G, Çaksen H, Ertekin B, Ergin M, Koçak S, Cander B. Phenytoin induced dystonia. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 111-112.
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.
Keywords : epilepsy, phenytoin, dystonia