PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Abdulhadi, Mohamed H.
AU  - Notman, Douglas D.
AU  - Cardon, Grant C.
AU  - Johnston, Presley M.
TI  - Phenytoin toxicity: A cause of reversible monoplegia
DP  - 1987 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 438--439
VI  - 54
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/5/438.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/5/438.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1987 Sep 01; 54
AB  - Phenytoin sodium (Dilantin), a frequently used anticonvulsant, has many well-recognized side effects. Of these, neurological ones are prominent and, when present, usually consist of ataxia, nystagmus, or dysarthria. Phenytoin toxicity in patients with previous strokes may present as a “re-stroke” syndrome. This paper reports a rare but recognizable complication in a patient in whom reversible monoplegia, a focal neurological deficit, developed during long-term phenytoin therapy for grand mal seizures.