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Eye rolling as a manifestation of clobazam toxicity in a child with epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2006

Sarah E Aylett
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK. The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy, Lingfield, UK.
Helen Cross
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Health (UCL) and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
Dave Berry
Affiliation:
The Medical Toxicology Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London, UK.
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Abstract

A four-year-old male with symptomatic generalized epilepsy presented with ataxia, eye rolling, and episodes of back arching which were of non-epileptic origin following the introduction of clobazam at 0.75mg/kg/day. Concurrent antiepileptic medication was lamotrigine at 13mg/kg/day. Clobazam plasma levels were within the normal range, while N-desmethylclobazam (DCLB) concentrations were between five and seven times above the upper limit of the normal range. The plasma elimination half-life for DCLB was prolonged, suggesting a genetic variability in DCLB metabolism leading to toxicity. Reduction in the dose of clobazam to 0.3mg/kg/day was associated with resolution of the non-epileptic neurological symptoms, reduction in DCLB plasma levels, and maintenance of seizure control.

Type
Case Report
Copyright
2006 Mac Keith Press

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