title: [Coats' disease: early detection and early treatment (author's transl)].
abstract: With regard to visual prognosis Coats disease can grossly be divided in 3 different stages: If the disease is confined to the periphery of the fundus, complete recovery can be achieved by appropriate treatment. If there is already a severe macular involvement central visual acuity hardly improves, but blindness can be prevented. In case of a widespread, exsudative retinal detachment, the prognosis is unfavourable. Early diagnosis and early treatment of Coats' disease are therefore very important.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013577:Syndrome; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Morbus Coats (Früherkennung und Frühtherapie).