title: A case of Coats' disease in a low-birth-weight infant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case of Coats' disease in a 3-month-old male infant.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report. We examined a male infant, born at 33 weeks of gestation, who did not receive ventilation with oxygen after birth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this patient, the left fundus showed telangiectasia and tortuosity at 3 months of age. His right eye showed no abnormality in the fundus. A month later, in addition to the presence of abnormal vessels, microaneurysms and exudation also appeared. The patient was diagnosed to have Coats' disease and both the abnormal vessels and microaneurysms in the temporal fundus were treated by laser photocoagulation. Six months later, the left fundus showed a resolution of the abnormal vessels and exudation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most instances of Coats' disease occurring in an infant tend to already be severely advanced when diagnosed. Early and appropriate treatment of patients with Coats' disease makes it possible to stabilize and thus improve the outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruoka
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery