title: Acute bilateral angle closure glaucoma induced by methazolamide.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of bilateral acute myopia and angle closure glaucoma after ingestion of methazolamide.
  
  
  METHODS
  An interventional case report of a 70-year-old male who developed bilateral, acute myopia and angle closure glaucoma after ingesting methazolamide tablets for the treatment of normal tension glaucoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bilateral anterior chamber shallowing associated with ciliary body edema, supraciliary effusions, and shallow posterior choroidal effusions were documented with slit-lamp photography and high-frequency ultrasonography. Near complete resolution of these signs after discontinuation of methazolamide were also documented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Methazolamide may be associated with secondary myopia and angle closure glaucoma. Discontinuation of methazolamide leads to resolution of this process, as documented by slit-lamp photography and high-frequency ultrasonography.
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL ; Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Ahmad A
authors: AA
authors: Aref
authors: Fouad E
authors: FE
authors: Sayyad
authors: Bernadete
authors: B
authors: Ayres
authors: Richard K
authors: RK
authors: Lee
keywords: angle closure glaucoma; glaucoma; glaucoma pharmacology