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Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome with fatal outcome. 2002

Nuria Romero Maldonado, and Javier Sendra Tello, and Eduardo Raboso Garcia-Baquero, and Antonio Harto Castaño
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Carretera de Colmenar, Kilometro 9,100, 28034 Madrid, Spain.

Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome is a disease characterized by multisystemic involvement, fever, lymphadenopathy, mucocutaneous rash, hypertransaminasemia and peripheral eosinophilia. This rare syndrome seems to be related to arene oxide metabolites of aromatic anticonvulsants (phenytoin, phenobarbital and carbamazepine). Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity seems to be much more aggressive in patients undergoing concomitant radiotherapy. We report a case of anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome developing toxic epidermal necrolysis with fatal outcome in a patient receiving cranial irradiation and aromatic anticonvulsants for seizure prophylaxis. This report attempts to emphasize the importance of an early diagnosis of this syndrome, the knowledge of the common cross-reactivity among the major anticonvulsants and the need for an appropriate measurement of the true benefits of seizure prophylaxis in patients with brain tumors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002220 Carbamazepine A dibenzazepine that acts as a sodium channel blocker. It is used as an anticonvulsant for the treatment of grand mal and psychomotor or focal SEIZURES. It may also be used in the management of BIPOLAR DISORDER, and has analgesic properties. Amizepine,Carbamazepine Acetate,Carbamazepine Anhydrous,Carbamazepine Dihydrate,Carbamazepine Hydrochloride,Carbamazepine L-Tartrate (4:1),Carbamazepine Phosphate,Carbamazepine Sulfate (2:1),Carbazepin,Epitol,Finlepsin,Neurotol,Tegretol
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D004334 Drug Administration Schedule Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience. Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012640 Seizures Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder." Absence Seizure,Absence Seizures,Atonic Absence Seizure,Atonic Seizure,Clonic Seizure,Complex Partial Seizure,Convulsion,Convulsions,Convulsive Seizure,Convulsive Seizures,Epileptic Seizure,Epileptic Seizures,Generalized Absence Seizure,Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures,Jacksonian Seizure,Myoclonic Seizure,Non-Epileptic Seizure,Nonepileptic Seizure,Partial Seizure,Seizure,Seizures, Convulsive,Seizures, Focal,Seizures, Generalized,Seizures, Motor,Seizures, Sensory,Tonic Clonic Seizure,Tonic Seizure,Tonic-Clonic Seizure,Atonic Absence Seizures,Atonic Seizures,Clonic Seizures,Complex Partial Seizures,Convulsion, Non-Epileptic,Generalized Absence Seizures,Myoclonic Seizures,Non-Epileptic Seizures,Nonepileptic Seizures,Partial Seizures,Petit Mal Convulsion,Seizures, Auditory,Seizures, Clonic,Seizures, Epileptic,Seizures, Gustatory,Seizures, Olfactory,Seizures, Somatosensory,Seizures, Tonic,Seizures, Tonic-Clonic,Seizures, Vertiginous,Seizures, Vestibular,Seizures, Visual,Single Seizure,Tonic Seizures,Tonic-Clonic Seizures,Absence Seizure, Atonic,Absence Seizure, Generalized,Absence Seizures, Atonic,Absence Seizures, Generalized,Auditory Seizure,Auditory Seizures,Clonic Seizure, Tonic,Clonic Seizures, Tonic,Convulsion, Non Epileptic,Convulsion, Petit Mal,Convulsions, Non-Epileptic,Focal Seizure,Focal Seizures,Generalized Seizure,Generalized Seizures,Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures,Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure,Gustatory Seizure,Gustatory Seizures,Motor Seizure,Motor Seizures,Non Epileptic Seizure,Non Epileptic Seizures,Non-Epileptic Convulsion,Non-Epileptic Convulsions,Olfactory Seizure,Olfactory Seizures,Partial Seizure, Complex,Partial Seizures, Complex,Seizure, Absence,Seizure, Atonic,Seizure, Atonic Absence,Seizure, Auditory,Seizure, Clonic,Seizure, Complex Partial,Seizure, Convulsive,Seizure, Epileptic,Seizure, Focal,Seizure, Generalized,Seizure, Generalized Absence,Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic,Seizure, Gustatory,Seizure, Jacksonian,Seizure, Motor,Seizure, Myoclonic,Seizure, Non-Epileptic,Seizure, Nonepileptic,Seizure, Olfactory,Seizure, Partial,Seizure, Sensory,Seizure, Single,Seizure, Somatosensory,Seizure, Tonic,Seizure, Tonic Clonic,Seizure, Tonic-Clonic,Seizure, Vertiginous,Seizure, Vestibular,Seizure, Visual,Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic,Seizures, Nonepileptic,Sensory Seizure,Sensory Seizures,Single Seizures,Somatosensory Seizure,Somatosensory Seizures,Tonic Clonic Seizures,Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Generalized,Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Generalized,Vertiginous Seizure,Vertiginous Seizures,Vestibular Seizure,Vestibular Seizures,Visual Seizure,Visual Seizures
D012720 Severity of Illness Index Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder. Illness Index Severities,Illness Index Severity
D013262 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Rare cutaneous eruption characterized by extensive KERATINOCYTE apoptosis resulting in skin detachment with mucosal involvement. It is often provoked by the use of drugs (e.g., antibiotics and anticonvulsants) or associated with PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA. It is considered a continuum of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. Drug-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,Epidermal Necrolysis, Toxic,Lyell's Syndrome,Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,Nonstaphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome,Scalded Skin Syndrome, Nonstaphylococcal,Stevens Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis,Stevens Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens Johnson Syndrome Spectrum,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Spectrum,Drug Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndromes,Epidermal Necrolyses, Toxic,Lyell Syndrome,Lyell's Syndromes,Mycoplasma Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Necrolyses, Toxic Epidermal,Necrolysis, Toxic Epidermal,Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Drug-Induced,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Mycoplasma-Induced,Stevens-Johnson Syndromes, Drug-Induced,Syndrome, Lyell's,Syndrome, Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens-Johnson,Syndromes, Lyell's,Toxic Epidermal Necrolyses
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal

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