An overlap of Coats and Eales diseases or a Coats variant?

An overlap of Coats and Eales diseases or a Coats variant?

OBJECTIVE To report an association between Coats and Eales diseases, an uncommon presentation. CASE A 21-year-old male presented with gradual visual impairment of two years duration in his left eye. The slit-lamp examination of the affected eye revealed +2 vitreous cells. The other findings were peri-papillary fluid accumulation and extensive macular lipid exudate deposition. Small white vess...

Coats disease

Coats disease

Coats' disease is an idiopathic ophthalmic condition caused by a defect in the development of retinal vasculature, characterized by retinal telangiectasis, haemorrhages, intraretinal and subretinal exudation. There are two pathological processes, which are evident in Coats' disease. The first consists of a breakdown of the bloodretinal barrier at the endothelial level, which causes plasma leaka...

Of White Coats and Stethoscopes

A WHITE COAT. THE COUNTRY DOCTOR’S BLACK BAG. A STETHOSCOPE. A snake-entwined staff. The oath of Hippocrates. The clinical acumen of Osler and the compassionate service of Schweitzer. These are the symbols and personifications of our chosen profession. One symbol of medicine since antiquity has been the Aesculapian staff. A glance through this journal will uncover the staff in the American Medi...

Permeability Modulating Membrane Coats

Many protozoans and some other organisms possess contractile vacuoles (CVs), membranous organelles which help maintain cellular water/ electrolyte balance by extracting a dilute solution from the cytoplasmic colloid and expelling it from the cell (35, 37). Although the similarity of CV function in the various organisms has long been recognized, the expected similarity of morphological elements ...