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Phenobarbitone-induced erythema multiforme-macular type in an 8-year-old child - a case report

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Phenobarbitone is an antiepileptic known to cause skin reactions in 1 to 3% of patients. We report a case of erythema multiforme-macular type skin reaction in an 8-year-old female child that occurred immediately following administration of single dose phenobarbitone. The patient presented with confluent erythema with edema on both legs, dorsum of hands and face. The patient was treated symptomatically and given tab. prednisolone. The causal relationship between the drug was ‘probable’ and the severity ‘moderate [level 4(b)] and the preventability to be ‘not preventable’.

Source: Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists

DOI: 10.66344/jpad.v18i1.568

Authors: Narayan Nepali, Kadir Alam, G. M. Khan, RPB Shrestha, P. Subish, Pranaya Mishra, Rajendra Koju

Institutions: Dhulikhel Hospital, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Manipal Teaching Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions

Subfield: Pharmacology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2185163163

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Cites: 3

Cited by: 2

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