[Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome]

Abstract

Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction with a lethality of approximately 10%. This syndrome is accompanied by fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia and affects parenchymal organs. Authors presents the actuality and the importance of this syndrome by cases of eleven patients having suffered from anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome.