With increasing longevity, patients are developing more and more chronic diseases that
require treatment with medications. Yet, it is not fully understood the extent by which these …

Introduction: Carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors have an impressive safety record despite
the multiple functions that CA isozymes serve because they are not fully inhibited with most …

Purpose: We performed a literature synthesis to identify the full spectrum of compounds
implicated in drug-induced, bilateral secondary angle-closure glaucoma (2 ACG). Methods …

Importance Some ophthalmologists may be reluctant to prescribe oral carbonic anhydrase
inhibitors, given the potential for life-threatening systemic adverse reactions. Objective To …

Choroidal detachments occur when there is an accumulation of fluid or blood in the
suprachoroidal space, a potential space situated between the choroid and the sclera. They …

Background To report five cases of acute drug-induced angle closure and transient myopia
with ciliochoroidal effusion and to analyze angiographic findings of these cases. Methods …

Introduction Uveal effusion syndrome (UES) is a rare ocular disease causing idiopathic
uveal effusion, often with associated ciliochoroidal and retinal detachment. UES diagnosis is …

Purpose To present a previously unreported case of angle closure secondary to the
sulfonamide derivative zonisamide, to introduce eye care providers to zonisamide, and to …

Purpose 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 …

Myopia (nearsightedness) is a refractive error, a condition in which the cornea and lens of
the nonaccommoding eye have too much plus power for the length of eye. As a result …