Acetazolamide, a sulphonamide-derived medication, frequently used in glaucoma and after cataract surgery, can very rarely cause idiosyncratic reaction, and few reports are present in literature.1, 2, 3 We report ocular coherence tomography (OCT) scans of the posterior pole in a case of ciliary body oedema after the drug administration causing bilateral angle-closure glaucoma (ACG). In our case we found a massive choroidal effusion with posterior retinal folds and papillary oedema, never described before in literature
Acute cilio-choroidal effusion due to acetazolamide: unusual posterior involvement (OCT aspects) / Malagola, Romualdo; R., Giannotti; Pattavina, Luigi; Arrico, Loredana. - In: EYE. - ISSN 0950-222X. - STAMPA. - 27:6(2013), pp. 781-782. [10.1038/eye.2013.41]
Acute cilio-choroidal effusion due to acetazolamide: unusual posterior involvement (OCT aspects)
MALAGOLA, Romualdo;PATTAVINA, Luigi;ARRICO, Loredana
2013
Abstract
Acetazolamide, a sulphonamide-derived medication, frequently used in glaucoma and after cataract surgery, can very rarely cause idiosyncratic reaction, and few reports are present in literature.1, 2, 3 We report ocular coherence tomography (OCT) scans of the posterior pole in a case of ciliary body oedema after the drug administration causing bilateral angle-closure glaucoma (ACG). In our case we found a massive choroidal effusion with posterior retinal folds and papillary oedema, never described before in literatureI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
