Treatment of cystoid macular edema with acetazolamide in a patient with serpiginous choroidopathy.
A patient with serpiginous choroidopathy had decreased visual acuity and cystoid macular edema. He was treated with acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. After 2 weeks of treatment, the patient's visual acuity improved and there was complete resolution of the cystoid macular edema. Improvement in extrafoveal scotopic retinal sensitivity was documented.
Steinmetz
R L
RL
Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of London, England.
Fitzke
F W
FW
Bird
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AC
D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D012008:Recurrence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields
D000086:Acetazolamide