[Epileptic Münchausen syndrome by idiosyncratic of effect antiepileptic drugs].
Between 1996 and 2000, a 36-year-old woman was admitted four times for the presumed diagnosis of status epilepticus. Major skin allergy followed by collapsus occurred each time after intravenous phenytoin therapy. Video-EEG demonstrated non epileptic, psychogenic seizure leading to the diagnosis of Münchausen syndrome by idiosyncratic reaction to antiepileptic drugs.
Delmont
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Service de Neurologie, Pavillon D, Hôpital Pasteur, 30, Voie Romaine, BP 69, 06002 Nice cedex 1.
Bourg
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Thomas
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D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013874:Thiopental / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010672:Phenytoin; D013874:Thiopental; D003975:Diazepam
Syndrome de Münchausen épileptique par allergie grave à la phénytoïne.