Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome secondary to carbamazepine.

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)

Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas.

Published: January 2017

Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is a potentially fatal multiorgan drug reaction that presents with various cutaneous eruptions. There is a genetic predisposition to such reactions. We present a young woman with AHS due to carbamazepine that presented as an atypical erythema multiforme with elevated liver enzymes.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2017.11929545DOI Listing

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