Adverse Effects of Antiepileptic Drug Lamotrigine and Oral Implications: Case Report

Here, we report on a patient who presented with extensive oral lesions. The treatment with lamotrigine is described.The patient presented with bilateral facial swellings and mental space swelling with actively draining extra oral sinus tract in the central chin area. Dental medicine professionals sh...

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Autores principales: Malčić, Ana Ivanišević, Sivić, Đurđica, Matijević, Jurica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, and Croatian Dental Society - Croatian Medical Association 2017
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Case Report(s)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827852
http://dx.doi.org/10.15644/asc51/2/8
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author Malčić, Ana Ivanišević
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description Here, we report on a patient who presented with extensive oral lesions. The treatment with lamotrigine is described.The patient presented with bilateral facial swellings and mental space swelling with actively draining extra oral sinus tract in the central chin area. Dental medicine professionals should be aware of the risks involved with using this medication, and should recognize the population at risk among patients suffering from epilepsy, bipolar and neurologic disorders.
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spelling pubmed-55482182017-08-21 Adverse Effects of Antiepileptic Drug Lamotrigine and Oral Implications: Case Report Malčić, Ana Ivanišević Sivić, Đurđica Matijević, Jurica Acta Stomatol Croat Case Report(s) Here, we report on a patient who presented with extensive oral lesions. The treatment with lamotrigine is described.The patient presented with bilateral facial swellings and mental space swelling with actively draining extra oral sinus tract in the central chin area. Dental medicine professionals should be aware of the risks involved with using this medication, and should recognize the population at risk among patients suffering from epilepsy, bipolar and neurologic disorders. University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, and Croatian Dental Society - Croatian Medical Association 2017-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5548218/ /pubmed/28827852 http://dx.doi.org/10.15644/asc51/2/8 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License.
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Adverse Effects of Antiepileptic Drug Lamotrigine and Oral Implications: Case Report
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