Case Report

A Case of Toxic Hepatitis Due to Terbinafine

  • Vedat TURHAN
  • İsmail Yaşar AVCI
  • Teoman DOĞRU
  • Can Polat EYİGÜN
  • Alaaddin PAHSA

Received Date: Accepted Date: 27.09.2002 Gulhane Med J 2002;44(4):447-449

Terbinafine is an antifungal drug having many sideeffects. One of these side-effects is hepatobiliary dysfunction including acute hepatitis. In this study, a case of toxic hepatitis due to terbinafine is presented. Our case was defined as toxic hepatitis due to oral tebinafine, because there was no clinical and laboratory findings but oral terbinafine intake and clinical and laboratory findings were normalized after cessation of terbinafine.

Keywords: Terbinafine, Side-Effect, Hepatitis