Ocular findings and treatment of a young boy with Coats’ plus

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014 Sep-Oct;45(5):462-5. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20140827-02.

Abstract

The authors describe a 34-month-old boy who presented with a bilateral and asymmetric exudative retinopathy with similarities to Coats’ disease. The patient’s medical history was remarkable for hypotonia, developmental delay, seizures, and intracranial calcifications. Genetic testing revealed a diagnosis of Coats’ plus. This rare genetic disease should be in the differential diagnosis in patients who present with a bilateral and asymmetric Coats’-like retinopathy in the presence of other systemic abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods*
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Genetic Testing
  • Humans
  • Laser Coagulation / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Retina / pathology*
  • Retina / surgery
  • Retinal Telangiectasis / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Telangiectasis / genetics
  • Retinal Telangiectasis / surgery
  • Visual Acuity