Abstract
An 8-year-old boy is described who developed hypersensitivity to carbamazepine manifested by fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and asthma with eosinophilia. The abnormal reaction resolved rapidly following cessation of the drug.
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