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Seizures associated with 1% cyclopentolate eyedrops
Author(s) -
FITZGERALD D. A.,
HANSON R. M.,
WEST C.,
MARTIN F.,
BROWN J.,
KILHAM H. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1990.tb02399.x
Subject(s) - cyclopentolate , medicine , atropine , anesthesia , cerebral palsy , flushing , pediatrics , ophthalmology , psychiatry , endocrinology
A 4.5 year old boy with cerebral palsy presented with seizures associated with facial flushing and tachycardia following the instillation of 1% cyclopentolate, a commonly used mydriatic in paediatric practice. He had no prior history of convulsions. This case demonstrates the uncommon, though serious, atropine‐like side effect of cyclopentolate eyedrops (Cyclogyl, Alcon) in usual dosage in a brain damaged child without an epileptic focus.