Coats’ Disease, The 2018 Brief

brief report: coats disease and cytomegalovirus infection

purpose: to evaluate the vascular occlusion in coats’ disease   methods: in this non-comparative case series, 13 consecutive patients with coats’ disease from january 2011 to september 2011 were included. the hypercoagulability states were evaluated in these patients.   results: the mean age of the patients in this series was 15.4 years. all but one patient had high anti-cytomegalovirus antibod...

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...

Subfoveal Nodule in Coats' Disease

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics and nature of subfoveal nodules in Coats' disease and the associated impact on the long-term visual outcome. METHODS Consecutive cases of Coats' disease with foveal exudation were retrospectively reviewed. The presence of a subfoveal nodule or macular fibrosis was recorded. Clinical characteristics, retinal imaging, and outcome wer...

[Coats disease of adult onset].

CASE REPORT We report a 66-year-old male who exhibited an exudative retinal vasculopathy, diagnosed as Coats disease of adult onset, treated with laser photocoagulation. DISCUSSION Most cases of Coats disease are diagnosed in childhood. When this entity appears in adults it usually exhibits a more benign clinical course. Diagnosis of this condition must be considered in those patients showing...