The oculogyric crisis is a type of acute dystonia characterized by the spasmodic movement of the eyeball, usually upward, and each spasm lasts from seconds to hours. This phenomenon can be caused by the administration of dopaminergic receptor blocking agents. There was a previous report of the oculogyric crisis induced by clebopride, a dopaminergic receptor blocking agent in a patient who took the medicine for several days. We report a 16-year-old female with an oculogyric crisis induced by a single administration of the same drug. Her oculogyric crisis was completely resolved by benzodiazepine
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