Phenytoin: Erythroderma (redness of the entire skin) Facial pustules (acne medicamentosa) Hyperpigmentation (darkening of the skin) Hypertrichosis (excess hair growth) Lupus-like symptoms; Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome; 5–10% of patients using phenytoin have a skin reaction; Hypertrichosis
red skin lesions, often with a purple center red, irritated eyes redness and swelling of the gums slow or irregular heartbeat sore throat sores, ulcers, or white spots
Phenytoin is used to
Check with your doctor right away if you have blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin, chills, cough, diarrhea, itching, joint or muscle pain, red irritated eyes, red skin lesions
) is a highly effective and widely prescribed anticonvulsant agent used in the treatment of focal and tonic clonic
Check with your doctor right away if you have blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin, chills, cough, diarrhea, itching, joint or muscle pain, red irritated eyes, red
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction (hives, difficult breathing, swelling in your face or throat) or a severe skin
Patients receiving phenytoin may develop pseudolymphoma or, rarely, malignant lymphoma and mycosis-fungoides-like lesions
Phenytoin is one of the commonly used drugs for treatment of epilepsy that encounters a hypersensitivity reaction
Phenytoin sodium
Be alert for phenytoin hypersensitivity syndrome (fever, skin rash, lymphadenopathy)
It is also used to prevent and treat seizures that occur during brain surgery
3% (269/1,875) of patients had a rash attributed to at least one AED; 2
phenytoin was stopped due to rash and tab
However, since, the adverse cutaneous reactions are seen early in the course of initiating phenytoin (usually within 3 weeks) and chronic side effects of phenytoin are not associated with rash, it is possible that an intermediate
During this treatment, erythematous lesions and blisters were observed first on her face and trunk and then spreading to the entire body
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slow or irregular heartbeat
Selected portions of liver lobe (two sections per lobe), all liver lesions and lesions in other organs were examined histologically
Clinical and Microscopic Features of the Phenytoin-Induced Gingival Overgrowth
2003 Feb;96(2):201-3
Phenytoin can alter vitamin and mineral levels