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CASE REPORT
Acute bilateral glaucoma and panuveitis as a side effect of topiramate for weight loss treatment
  1. Yoav Yechezkel Pikkel
  1. Tzameret Medical Track, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
  1. Correspondence to Yoav Yechezkel Pikkel, pikkel86{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 54-year-old male patient presented to our clinic with acute angle-closure glaucoma and panuveitis in both eyes after being treated with topiramate for binge eating and obesity. This case report emphasises the hazardous side effects of treatment with topiramate with unusual indication and the precaution a caretaker must take when treating a patient.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-203787

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