title: Bilateral Coats' disease with unusual presentation--a case report.
abstract: Coats' disease is a well-known ocular disorder, characterized by idiopathic retinal telangiectasia, retinal exudation and retinal detachment. We report on a boy who first presented at the age of 2 years with Coats' disease and secondary neovascular glaucoma. The differential diagnosis with retinoblastoma could not be made clinically or with the help of imaging studies, such as ultrasonography or computed tomography scanning (CT-scan). The right eye was consequently enucleated for diagnostic and therapeutical purposes. Histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of Coats' disease. Five years later the same boy consulted again with profound visual loss in his only functional left eye. Fundoscopy revealed lesions typical for Coats' disease. Coats' disease can present in very different ways and bilateral disease is possible, even after several years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. annelies_de_blauwe@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Blauwe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Ginderdeuren
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Casteels
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015355:Glaucoma, Neovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis