title: Full-thickness macular hole and macular telangiectasia in a child with Coats' disease.
abstract: A 9-year-old boy presented with a 6-month history of decreased vision in his left eye. The patient's retinal examination was significant for telangiectatic vessels involving the posterior pole and the superior and inferior post-equatorial regions, circinate intraretinal exudation at the macula, and a full-thickness macular hole that was confirmed by optical coherence tomography. Chronic exudation from the anomalous vessels may be involved in the pathogenesis. Full-thickness macular hole formation may occur in conjunction with Coats' disease in children, which has not been reported to date, to the best of the authors' knowledge.
authors.affiliation: University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, New Delhi, India. drvinod_agg@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Basudeb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Usha Kaul
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Raina
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D058456:Retinal Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence