Lamotrigine poisoning presenting as seizures: a case of deliberate poisoning

Child Abuse Negl. 2007 Jan;31(1):85-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.04.009. Epub 2007 Jan 4.

Abstract

Features of Lamotrigine poisoning are not clearly described in children. We report a child who presented with seizures and bizarre neurological symptoms, later attributed to lamotrigine poisoning.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / pharmacokinetics
  • Anticonvulsants / poisoning*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / chemically induced*
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lamotrigine
  • Male
  • Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy / diagnosis*
  • Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy / psychology
  • Neurologic Examination / drug effects
  • Patient Readmission
  • Poisoning / diagnosis*
  • Substance Abuse Detection
  • Triazines / pharmacokinetics
  • Triazines / poisoning*

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Triazines
  • Lamotrigine