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Carbamazepine may trigger new-onset epileptic seizures in an individual with autism spectrum disorders: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Akira Monji ,
Toshihiko Maekawa ,
Kazuyuki Yanagimoto ,
Ichiro Yoshida  and
Sadayuki Hashioka
Akira Monji*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka812-8582, Japan
Toshihiko Maekawa
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka812-8582, Japan
Kazuyuki Yanagimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka812-8582, Japan
Ichiro Yoshida
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka812-8582, Japan
Sadayuki Hashioka
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka812-8582, Japan
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (A. Monji).
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Abstract

We herein report a case of new-onset epileptic seizures induced by carbamazepine in an individual with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We clinicians should bear in mind the possibility that epileptic seizures may possibly be either precipitated or exacerbated by carbamazepine especially in individuals with ASD.

Keywords

Autism spectrum disordersCarbamazepineNew-onset epileptic seizures
Type
Case report
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , August 2004 , pp. 322 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 European Psychiatric Association

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