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Refractory Coats’ Disease of Adult Onset
PURPOSE We present the case of an 18-year-old Caucasian male with a unilateral macular star and retinal vascular anomalies compatible with adult onset Coats' disease. METHODS Diagnosis was based on fundoscopic, fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography findings. RESULTS The patient presented to our emergency department with complaints of low vision in his left eye (LE) detect...
متن کامل[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...
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BACKGROUND Coats' disease diagnosed in adulthood is an idiopathic, retinal exudative vascular disease without an inciting factor and has retinal features different from the childhood disease. AIM To describe clinical features, treatment, and outcomes of eyes with Coats' disease first diagnosed in patients 35 years or older. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective chart review of patients first ...
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Coats' disease is characterized by retinal vascular telangiectasia and subretinal and intraretinal exudation. A relatively benign form of the disease that occurs in adults is referred to as adult-onset Coats' disease. Involvement of macula in the form of macular edema and exudation are the common presenting features in both forms of the disease. We describe a rare case of adult-onset Coats' dis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1663-2699
DOI: 10.1159/000337642