Abstract

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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Acar T, Alkan G, Çaksen H, et al. Phenytoin induced dystonia. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 111-112. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjped.2018.01.019