PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Masur, H.
AU  - Elger, C. E.
AU  - Ludolph, A. C.
AU  - Galanski, M.
TI  - Cerebellar atrophy following acute 0intoxication with phenytoin
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.39.3.432
DP  - 1989 Mar 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 432--432
VI  - 39
IP  - 3
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/39/3/432.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/39/3/432.full
SO  - Neurology1989 Mar 01; 39
AB  - A patient developed marked cerebellar atrophy after a single suicidal intoxication with 7 grams phenytoin. The clinical signs of cerebellar dysfunction subsided very slowly and incompletely within 18 months. We documented the cerebellar atrophy by CTs 4 weeks and 1 year after the intoxication, and we suggest that a single severe acute intoxication with phenytoin may directly cause cerebellar degeneration.