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Abstract #24525 Published in IGR 11-4
Bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma and myopia induced by topiramate
Cruciani F; Lorenzatti M; Nazzarro V; Abdolrahimzadeh SClinica Terapeutica 2009; 160: 215-216
Topiramate is used in the management of epilepsy and migraine. In the present paper we present a case of bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma associated with myopia following the use of topiramate. The patient was admitted to our ward. Complete ophtalmological examination was carried out along with ultrabiomicroscopy of the anterior segment and confocal microscopic study of the corneal endothelium. Patients on treatment with topiramate should be monitored during the first two weeks of therapy and the drug should be discontinued in case of visual disturbances or other ocular symtoms.
F. Cruciani. Department of Ophtahalmology, University of Rome Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 151, Rome 00161, Italy. filippo.cruciani@tin.it
Classification:
11.15 Other drugs in relation to glaucoma (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
9.4.15 Glaucoma in relation to systemic disease (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
9.3.1 Acute primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)
