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Unexpected outcome (positive or negative) including adverse drug reactions
Topiramate-induced refractive change and angle closure glaucoma and its ultrasound bimicroscopy findings
  1. Norman Saffra,
  2. Sanjay N Smith,
  3. Carly Jane Seidman
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Norman Saffra, eyesitemd{at}gmail.com

Topiramate, a sulpha-based medication used in the treatment of migraine, has been documented as causing choroidal effusions, transient myopia and acute secondary angle closure glaucoma. We would like to report a case demonstrating these adverse effects and underscore the utility of ultrasound biomicroscopy in diagnosis and management.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-006509

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