J D Bosia, S Borzi, D Cocozzella, O Corallini, M Mayet, M Malca, M Padrone, A Rivero, G Cecchi, E Fraquelli, J O Curciarello
Diphenylhydantoin is a anticonvulsivant and antiarrhythmic drug. We reported a less frequent case of diphenylhydantoin associated acute hepatotoxicity in a 18-year old woman who immediately after child birth presented generalized tonic-clonic seizures secondary to arachnoid cyst in the left temporal-lobe. The patient developed a mononucleosis like coinciding with previous descriptions. Histological features observed in the liver biopsy specimen showed compatible changes with toxic acute liver failure (ALF)...
2000: Acta Gastroenterologica Latinoamericana