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VOLUME 3 , ISSUE 3 ( September-December, 2018 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Carbamazepine-induced Pancytopenia: A Rare Entity

Pankaj Mathur, Deepak Gupta, Kishore Moolrajani, Ganesh Narayan Saxena, Vishal Mishra, Ankit Jain

Keywords : Pancytopenia,Carbamazepine

Citation Information : Mathur P, Gupta D, Moolrajani K, Saxena GN, Mishra V, Jain A. Carbamazepine-induced Pancytopenia: A Rare Entity. J Mahatma Gandhi Univ Med Sci Tech 2018; 3 (3):97-98.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10057-0082

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 21-07-2020

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2018; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.


Abstract

Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant medication used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy, seizure disorder, neuropathic pain, some psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, and as a second-line agent in bipolar disorders. Generally, it is safe to use with some nonserious side effects. However, a clinician has to be alert regarding some of its uncommon but serious side effects. Here we discuss a rare case who developed carbamazepine-induced pancytopenia. The offending drug was stopped and pancytopenia recovered within a few days.

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