Purple Glove Syndrome with Oral Phenytoin Overdose

Abstract

The occurrence of purple glove syndrome following the inadvertent oral administration of 1000 mg phenytoin/day is reported in a 10-year-old 18 kg handicapped boy who was admitted in coma to the Niigata City General Hospital, Japan.

Keywords

• purple glove syndrome
• initial overdose
• blood phenytoin level