Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine

Acute transient myopia with shallowing of the anterior chamber is a rare idiosyncratic response to many systemic and topical medications, including sulfonamides. Several such cases have been reported in the past, but are less frequently reported in recent times. We report a case of acute progressive...

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Main Authors: Desai Charuta, Ramchandani Suresh, Bhopale Sunil, Ramchandani Sushama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2006;volume=54;issue=3;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=Desai
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spelling doaj-1d824425dca7458ba5ddacb66abcacdd2020-11-24T23:12:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47382006-01-01543195197Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraineDesai CharutaRamchandani SureshBhopale SunilRamchandani SushamaAcute transient myopia with shallowing of the anterior chamber is a rare idiosyncratic response to many systemic and topical medications, including sulfonamides. Several such cases have been reported in the past, but are less frequently reported in recent times. We report a case of acute progressive myopia and bilateral angle closure due to Topiramate - a drug used for epilepsy and migraine prophylaxishttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2006;volume=54;issue=3;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=DesaiAngle closuremigrainemyopiatopiramate.
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author Desai Charuta
Ramchandani Suresh
Bhopale Sunil
Ramchandani Sushama
spellingShingle Desai Charuta
Ramchandani Suresh
Bhopale Sunil
Ramchandani Sushama
Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Angle closure
migraine
myopia
topiramate.
author_facet Desai Charuta
Ramchandani Suresh
Bhopale Sunil
Ramchandani Sushama
author_sort Desai Charuta
title Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
title_short Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
title_full Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
title_fullStr Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
title_full_unstemmed Acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
title_sort acute myopia and angle closure caused by topiramate, a drug used for prophylaxis of migraine
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
issn 0301-4738
publishDate 2006-01-01
description Acute transient myopia with shallowing of the anterior chamber is a rare idiosyncratic response to many systemic and topical medications, including sulfonamides. Several such cases have been reported in the past, but are less frequently reported in recent times. We report a case of acute progressive myopia and bilateral angle closure due to Topiramate - a drug used for epilepsy and migraine prophylaxis
topic Angle closure
migraine
myopia
topiramate.
url http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2006;volume=54;issue=3;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=Desai
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