The acute myopia can be caused by the use of systemic medications, such as topiramate. This study describes two cases of young patients with acute bilateral myopia induced by topiramate therapy to control depressive syndrome, making relation with similar cases described in literature and bibliographic review.
Acute myopia induced by topiramate: 2 cases report
SgrottKD, SilvaALM, HagemannLF, MüllerV, LudwigFC. Acute myopia induced by topiramate: 2 cases report. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2011;70(3):191-3.
Sgrott,Kathy Dadam; Silva,André Luis Momm da; Hagemann,Luiz Felipe; Müller,Vilmar; Ludwig,Fernando César. Acute myopia induced by topiramate: 2 cases report. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 70, n. 3, p. 191-193, Jun. 2011.
Sgrott,K.D., Silva,A.L.M. , Hagemann,L.F., Müller,V., & Ludwig,F.C. (2011). Acute myopia induced by topiramate: 2 cases report. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,70(3), 191-193.
Sgrott,Kathy Dadam and Silva,André Luis Momm da and Hagemann,Luiz Felipe and Müller,Vilmar and Ludwig,Fernando César. Acute myopia induced by topiramate: 2 cases report. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2011, vol. 70, n. 3, [cited 2026-03-09], pp.191-193. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/acute-myopia-induced-by-topiramate-2-cases-report/>. ISSN 0034-7280.