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Bilateral Coats' disease: long-term follow up
Anastassia Alexandridou1, Panagiota Stavrou
1Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Purpose:
To report on the long-term follow-up of a female patient with bilateral Coats' disease, who showed marked asymmetry between the two eyes.
Methods:
A five year old girl presented in 1978 with leukocoria in a blind right eye. A total exudative retinal detachment and extensive retinal telangiectasiae were noted. In the other eye, there was a localized area of retinal exudation and vascular abnormality in the supero-temporal periphery. Ultrasonography showed no evidence of intraocular tumour in the right eye and a clinical diagnosis of bilateral Coats' disease was made.
Results:
In 1995, the area or retinal exudation in the left eye increased and laser photocoagulation was applied successfully. To date, no disease recurrences have occurred.
Conclusion:
Although Coats' disease is usually unilateral, bilateral, asymmetrical involvement may occur on rare occasions. Long-term follow-up of the least affected eye is necessary so that late complications can be identified early and treated adequately to prevent visual loss.