J Korean Child Neurol Soc.  2007 May;15(1):90-93.

Lamotrigine-induced Anticonvulsant Hypersensitivity Syndrome: Treatment with Steroid and Intravenous Immunoglobulin

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Epilepsy Center, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea. hipo0207@sanggyepaik.ac.kr

Abstract

Lamotrgine is an antiepileptic drug that is effective for multiple types of seizure and has side-effects such as headache, nausea, dizziness, diplopia, ataxia, cutaneous lesions, and anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome. Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome consists of the hallmark features of fever, rash, lymphadenopathy and internal organ involvement, induced by aromatic anticonvulsants, for example phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, and lamotrigine. We report a case of 13-year-old girl who had a fever, generalized erythematous skin eruption, facial edema, eosinophilia, and elevated liver enzyme induced by lamotrigine and resolved with discontinuation of medication and intravenous steroid and immunoglobulin.

Keyword

Lamotrigine; Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome; Steroid; Immunoglobulin

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Anticonvulsants
Ataxia
Carbamazepine
Diplopia
Dizziness
Edema
Eosinophilia
Exanthema
Female
Fever
Headache
Humans
Hypersensitivity*
Immunoglobulins*
Liver
Lymphatic Diseases
Nausea
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
Seizures
Skin
Anticonvulsants
Carbamazepine
Immunoglobulins
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
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