title: Proliferative vitreoretinopathy in Coats' disease. Clinicohistopathological case report.
abstract: We report the clinicohistopathological findings of the proliferative vitreoretinopathy in an eye with Coats' disease using the tissue obtained during surgery. A 28-year-old man, who had experienced poor vision in his right eye for a period of 4 years, was referred to our hospital. Examination revealed an extensive yellow exudate in the subretinal space and a tractional retinal detachment. Prominent teleangiectatic retinal vessels were also temporally present. Evident epiretinal membranes were present in the postequatorial area. We performed a scleral buckling, vitrectomy, membrane peeling, endophotocoagulation and silicone oil tamponade. A histological examination revealed that the epiretinal membrane consisted of collagen fibers, glial proliferation, foam cells and lymphocytes. The foam cell in the epiretinal membrane is a characteristic finding in an eye with Coats' disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inomata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014821:Vitrectomy; D018630:Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*