• Retina · Oct 2007

    Case Reports

    Rebound of cystoid macular edema with continued use of acetazolamide in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

    • Marsha A Apushkin, Gerald A Fishman, Sandeep Grover, and Mark J Janowicz.
    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
    • Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2007 Oct 1; 27 (8): 1112-8.

    PurposeTo demonstrate the presence of a rebound effect with the use of acetazolamide for the treatment of cystoid macular edema (CME) in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).MethodsSix patients with RP and cystic-appearing lesions in the macula demonstrated by fluorescein angiography and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT) were treated with an oral form of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (acetazolamide [500 mg]) as a single daily dose.ResultsAll patients, treated with acetazolamide for a period of 3 weeks to 5 weeks, had initial improvement of macular edema demonstrated by OCT. However, extended use of acetazolamide, for at least 8 weeks to 12 weeks, resulted in recurrence (rebound) of CME in 3 of the 6 patients.ConclusionsResults from our study suggest that rebound of CME with the continued use of acetazolamide observed by OCT may occur more frequently than previously appreciated.

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