Angle closure secondary to the use of lorazepam in patient with myopia magna

Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2015 Dec;90(12):588-92. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2015.02.015. Epub 2015 Mar 25.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Case report: Myopic magna with narrow anterior chamber that presented with a secondary angle closure due to lorazepam.

Discussion: Angle closure usually occurs in predisposed patients and is triggered by precipitating factors. Many drugs routinely used in clinical practice could act as a factor responsible for the secondary angle closure.

Keywords: Angle closure; Cierre angular; Lorazepam; Miopía magna; Myopia magna.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetazolamide / therapeutic use
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / adverse effects*
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Depression / drug therapy
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure / drug effects
  • Iris / surgery
  • Lorazepam / adverse effects*
  • Lorazepam / pharmacology
  • Lorazepam / therapeutic use
  • Mydriatics / adverse effects*
  • Mydriatics / therapeutic use
  • Myopia / complications*
  • Timolol / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Visual Field Tests
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Cholinergic Antagonists
  • Mydriatics
  • Dexamethasone
  • Timolol
  • Lorazepam
  • Acetazolamide