title: Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Monitoring Coats' Disease.
abstract: Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in monitoring pediatric patients with Coats' disease.Material and Methods. This retrospective study included 9 Caucasian patients receiving treatment for Coats' disease at the Children's Memorial Health Institute Ophthalmology Department between December 2014 and May 2016. The course of the disease was monitored with OCTA in combination with OCT and fluorescein angiography (FA).Results. OCT B-scans obtained in all patients correlated with FA findings. Reliable OCTA images were obtained in 8 patients. In one patient, numerous artifacts due to poor visual acuity and retinal detachment confounded the interpretation of findings.Conclusions. OCTA and OCT, in combination with FA, are useful in Coats' disease diagnostics and treatment monitoring. As noninvasive methods, OCT and OCTA may be performed more often than FA, which enable precise monitoring of the disease and making decisions as to its further treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Ul. Aleja Dzieci Polskich 20, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hautz
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Ul. Aleja Dzieci Polskich 20, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3013-4363
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gołębiewska
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Ul. Aleja Dzieci Polskich 20, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kocyła-Karczmarewicz