Hydrocortisone‐Induced Convulsions

Majed Odeh Departments of Internal Medicine B and Gastroenterology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 6477, Haifa, 31063, Israel

Alexandra Lavy Departments of Internal Medicine B and Gastroenterology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 6477, Haifa, 31063, Israel

Edy Stermer Departments of Internal Medicine B and Gastroenterology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 6477, Haifa, 31063, Israel

Abstract

Glucocorticoids may indirectly cause convulsions by the induction of electrolytes abnormalities, severe hypertension, or severe hyperglycemia. These agents may rarely cause convulsions by a direct toxicity to the central nervous system (CNS). We describe a 23‐yr‐old patient with Crohn's disease in whom generalized convulsions developed on two occasions while receiving intravenous hydrocortisone.

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