[Acute myopia and angle closure glaucoma associated with topiramate use in a young patient: case report].
Acute angle-closure glaucoma may be induced, among other causes, by therapy with systemic drugs, such as the anticonvulsant topiramate. This paper reports the case of an young patient with acute myopia and angle-closure glaucoma associated with migraine prevention with topiramate. We make a link with similar cases described in medical journals and in a bibliographic review related to this entity.
Instituto Brasileiro de Oftalmologia e Prevenção da Cegueira - Salvador (BA) - Brasil. mnbrandao@hotmail.com
Mariana Neves
MN
Brandão
Ivana Coutinho
IC
Fernandes
Flávia Fernanda Oliveira
FF
Barradas
Juliana Franca
JF
Machado
Mariane Tavares de
MT
Oliveira
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D009216:Myopia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000077236:Topiramate
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose