Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis presenting as encephalitis in a young girl

Drug-related dystonic reactions are not uncommon and often misdiagnosed as encephalitis, seizures, tetanus, tetany, etc. Eliciting thorough history is important to avoid unnecessary investigations and treatments as these are potentially reversible reactions. Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis...

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Autores principales: Arumugam, Jayavardhana, Vijayalakshmi, A.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529490
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.93867
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description Drug-related dystonic reactions are not uncommon and often misdiagnosed as encephalitis, seizures, tetanus, tetany, etc. Eliciting thorough history is important to avoid unnecessary investigations and treatments as these are potentially reversible reactions. Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis is described in this case report.
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spelling pubmed-33269272012-04-23 Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis presenting as encephalitis in a young girl Arumugam, Jayavardhana Vijayalakshmi, A.M. Indian J Pharmacol Case Report Drug-related dystonic reactions are not uncommon and often misdiagnosed as encephalitis, seizures, tetanus, tetany, etc. Eliciting thorough history is important to avoid unnecessary investigations and treatments as these are potentially reversible reactions. Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis is described in this case report. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3326927/ /pubmed/22529490 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.93867 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis presenting as encephalitis in a young girl
title_fullStr Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis presenting as encephalitis in a young girl
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title_short Metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis presenting as encephalitis in a young girl
title_sort metoclopramide-induced oculogyric crisis presenting as encephalitis in a young girl
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529490
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