SEIZURES FOLLOWING CHLOROQUINE TREATMENT OF TYPE-II LEPRA REACTION - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
EBENSO BE
Citation
Be. Ebenso, SEIZURES FOLLOWING CHLOROQUINE TREATMENT OF TYPE-II LEPRA REACTION - A CASE-REPORT, Leprosy review, 69(2), 1998, pp. 178-181
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases","Infectious Diseases","Tropical Medicine",Pathology
Journal title
Leprosy review → ACNP
ISSN journal
03057518
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
178 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7518(1998)69:2<178:SFCTOT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A case of tonic-clonic seizures following chloroquine treatment for le prosy reactions in a Nigerian male is reported. Seizures were controll ed with phenytoin sodium capsules. A causal relationship between the s eizures and chloroquine is suggested. There have been no previous repo rts of this adverse reaction in leprosy patients receiving chloroquine for treatment of reactions. The author recommends that chloroquine be used with caution especially in patients with seizures.