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Case Reports
. 2018;60(1):111-112.
doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2018.01.019.

Phenytoin induced dystonia

Tarık Acar  1 , Gülsüm Alkan  2 , Hüseyin Çaksen  2 , Birsen Ertekin  1 , Mehmet Ergin  3 , Sedat Koçak  3 , Başar Cander  3
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Case Reports

Phenytoin induced dystonia

Tarık Acar et al. Turk J Pediatr. 2018.
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Abstract

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: dystonia; epilepsy; phenytoin.

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