Phenytoin induced life threatening macroglossia in a child

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 eos...

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Autores principales: Mondal, Rakesh, Sarkar, Sumantra, Sabui, Tapas, Pan, Partha Pratim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23546362
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.105624
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author Mondal, Rakesh
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description 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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spelling pubmed-35790592013-02-28 Phenytoin induced life threatening macroglossia in a child Mondal, Rakesh Sarkar, Sumantra Sabui, Tapas Pan, Partha Pratim J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report 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. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3579059/ /pubmed/23546362 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.105624 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 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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