A Case of Orofacial Dyskinesia Induced by Diphenylhydantioin

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 10(2); 1992 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1992;10(2): 248-251.

Diphenylhydantoin에 의한 Orofacial Dyskinesia를 보인 1예

허지회, 이명식,김진수

연세대학교 신경과.

A Case of Orofacial Dyskinesia Induced by Diphenylhydantioin

Ji-Hoe Heo, M.D., Myung-Sik Lee, M.D., Jin-Soo Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yoensei University

Abstract

Diphenylbydantoin-induced movement disorders have been rarely reported. They include choreoathetosis, orofacial dyskinesia, asterixis, dystonia, and ballismus. A patient with epllepsy, who showed orofacial dyskinesia with toxic cerebellar syrnptoms after longterm use of diphenylhydantoin is presented. The involuntary movement rapidily disappeared with a reduction of diphenylhydantoin dose.

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