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Reversible Splenial Lesion Following Rapid Withdrawal of Carbamazepine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

David Pelz ,
Tae-Won Kim ,
In-Seok Park  and
Joong-Seok Kim
David Pelz
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Tae-Won Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
In-Seok Park
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Joong-Seok Kim*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
*
Department of Neurology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Email: neuronet@catholic.ac.kr.
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A 19-year-old man with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) taking 200mg carbamazepine per day for six years was admitted to our hospital because of a medical certificate for soldiers. The dyskinesias were usually precipitated by sudden movements and these attacks occurred several times a day and had a brief duration (less than one minute). The drug was abruptly withdrawn seven days before the brain imaging and video-electroencephalography monitoring. Magnetic resonance imaging showed cytotoxic edema in the splenium, which were completely resolved three months later (Figure).

Type
Neuroimaging Highlight
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 504 - 505
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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