Angle closure secondary to the use of lorazepam in patient with myopia magna.
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia
دوره 90 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015