[Choreoathetotic movements in a patient with epilepsy after treatment with diphenylhydantoin].
The authors describe a very rare case of choreoathetotic movements which appeared in an epileptic in strict relationship to a toxic concentration of diphenylhydantoin in the serum. These movements were reversible and disappeared after reduction of drug dose and its serum concentration falling to the therapeutic range.
D000328:Adult; D001264:Athetosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002819:Chorea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
D010672:Phenytoin
Wystepowanie ruchów plasawiczo-atetotycznych u chorego na padaczke w nastepstwie leczenia difenylhydantoina.