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Topiramate-induced acute bilateral angle closure and myopia: pathophysiology and treatment controversies

ContributorsVan Issum, Christopher; Mavrakanas, Nikolaos; Schutz, James Scott; Shaarawy, Tarek
Published inEuropean journal of ophthalmology, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 404-409
Publication date2011
Abstract

To discuss the unusual features of topiramate-induced acute angle closure glaucoma, its pathophysiologic mechanisms, and treatment controversies, and to report the first anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) of this condition.

Keywords
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Anterior Eye Segment/physiopathology/ultrasonography
  • Anticonvulsants/adverse effects
  • Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use
  • Drug Combinations
  • Fructose/adverse effects/analogs & derivatives
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure/chemically induced/drug therapy/physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure/physiology
  • Male
  • Myopia/chemically induced/drug therapy/physiopathology
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Visual Acuity/physiology
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VAN ISSUM, Christopher et al. Topiramate-induced acute bilateral angle closure and myopia: pathophysiology and treatment controversies. In: European journal of ophthalmology, vol. 21, n° 4, p. 404–409. doi: 10.5301/EJO.2010.5979
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Journal ISSN1120-6721
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