Purple glove syndrome

However, the purple-glove syndrome can also occasionally occur after oral administration. 

The incidence of purple-glove syndrome associated with intravenous phenytoin has been assessed in a prospective review of 179 consecutive exposures (7). There were only three mild cases (1.7%). 

O Brien TJ, Cascino GD, So EL, Hanna DR. Incidence and clinical consequence of the purple glove syndrome in patients receiving intravenous phenytoin. Neurology 1998 51(4) 1034-9. 

Yoshikawa H, Abe T, Oda Y. Purple glove syndrome caused by oral administration of phenytoin. J Child Neurol 2000 15(11) 762. 

Burneo JG, Anandan JV, Barkley GL. A prospective study of the incidence of the purple glove syndrome. Epilepsia 2001 42(9) 1156-9. 

Purple glove syndrome (2006) Sonohata M +, J Orthop Sci I I (4), 409 (2004) Scheinfeld N, Expert Opin Drug Saf 3(6), 655 Purpura Pustules... 

A 40-year-old woman developed purple glove syndrome after receiving intravenous phenytoin and underwent successful surgical revision [242 ]. 

Warnecke IC, Raute-Kreinsen U, Schirmer S, Kretschmer F, Fansa H. Purple glove syndrome—a case report. Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 2010 42 (4) 260-2. 

RajabaUy H, Nageshwaran S, Russell S. An atypical case of purple glove syndrome an avoidable adverse event. BMJ Case Rep July 9,2012. http //dx.doi. org/10.1136/bcr-2012-5653. pii bcr0120125653. 

Scumpia AJ, Yahsou J, Cajina J, Cao C. Purple glove syndrome after intravenous phenytoin administration presenting in the emergency department. J Emerg Med February 2013 44(2) e281-3. 

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