Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation

Coats disease is a congenital retinal vascular disease, which is seen commonly in childhood and remits and exacerbates throughout life. However, it is not rare for coats disease to present in adulthood for the first time. This has been referred to as adult onset coats disease. We do hereby present a...

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Main Authors: Bodhraj Dhawan, Ankur Goel, Rajbir Singh, Vipan Vig
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
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Online Access:http://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2015;volume=8;issue=3;spage=350;epage=353;aulast=Dhawan
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description Coats disease is a congenital retinal vascular disease, which is seen commonly in childhood and remits and exacerbates throughout life. However, it is not rare for coats disease to present in adulthood for the first time. This has been referred to as adult onset coats disease. We do hereby present a rare case of adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male patient who presented with visual acuity of 20/200 in the left eye. Fundus findings typical of coats disease included telangiectasis, macular exudation and edema. Fluorescein angiography revealed peripheral capillary nonperfusion areas and telangiectasis. Optical coherence tomography showed cystoid macular edema. After the treatment with intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (1.25 mg in 0.05 ml) and sectoral panretinal photocoagulation to the area of capillary nonperfusion the macular edema was reduced by 100 microns, which translated to a visual acuity of 20/80, proving the point that the prognosis in these cases is not as grave as in classical coats disease.
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spelling doaj.art-107ea102ab0647ddb03f6f2a3b2c7eed2022-12-21T19:51:18ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University0975-28702015-01-018335035310.4103/0975-2870.157084Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentationBodhraj DhawanAnkur GoelRajbir SinghVipan VigCoats disease is a congenital retinal vascular disease, which is seen commonly in childhood and remits and exacerbates throughout life. However, it is not rare for coats disease to present in adulthood for the first time. This has been referred to as adult onset coats disease. We do hereby present a rare case of adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male patient who presented with visual acuity of 20/200 in the left eye. Fundus findings typical of coats disease included telangiectasis, macular exudation and edema. Fluorescein angiography revealed peripheral capillary nonperfusion areas and telangiectasis. Optical coherence tomography showed cystoid macular edema. After the treatment with intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (1.25 mg in 0.05 ml) and sectoral panretinal photocoagulation to the area of capillary nonperfusion the macular edema was reduced by 100 microns, which translated to a visual acuity of 20/80, proving the point that the prognosis in these cases is not as grave as in classical coats disease.http://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2015;volume=8;issue=3;spage=350;epage=353;aulast=DhawanAdult onset coats diseasecoats diseasefundus fluorescein angiographyoptical coherence tomography
spellingShingle Bodhraj Dhawan
Ankur Goel
Rajbir Singh
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Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
Adult onset coats disease
coats disease
fundus fluorescein angiography
optical coherence tomography
title Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation
title_full Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation
title_fullStr Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation
title_full_unstemmed Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation
title_short Adult onset coats disease in a 56-year-old male: An atypical presentation
title_sort adult onset coats disease in a 56 year old male an atypical presentation
topic Adult onset coats disease
coats disease
fundus fluorescein angiography
optical coherence tomography
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