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Abstract

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2013 Jan-Mar; 4(1): 75-7.
doi  10.4103/0976-3147.105624
PMID 23546362

Phenytoin induced life threatening macroglossia in a child.

Mondal, Rakesh Sarkar, Sumantra Sabui, Tapas Pan, Partha Pratim

Abstract


Isolated acquired macroglossia of tongue rarely reported. It occurs due to causes like hereditary angioedema, localized angioedema, etc., Here we describe an 8-year-old boy developing life threatening localized angioedema of tongue due to phenytoin without any association with drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome or pseudolymphoma encountered in rural medical college. Anticonvulsants, that is, phenytoin induced this isolated peculiar complication, which was not described before.

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