title: Subretinal Fluid Drainage and Vitrectomy Are Helpful in Diagnosing and Treating Eyes with Advanced Coats' Disease.
abstract: Severe forms of Coats' disease are often associated with total retinal detachment, and a differential diagnosis from retinoblastoma is critically important. In such eyes, laser- and/or cryoablation is often ineffective or sometimes impossible to perform. We report a case of advanced Coats' disease in which a rapid pathological examination of subretinal fluid was effective for the diagnosis, and external subretinal drainage combined with vitrectomy was effective in preserving the eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Naha City Hospital, Naha City, Japan.
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Sakai Hospital, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, National Sanatorium Okinawa Airakuen, Nago City, Japan.
authors.forename: Sugie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takaesu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara City, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawaguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka-Sayama City, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimomura
keywords: Coats' disease; Rapid pathological examination; Retinoblastoma; Vitrectomy