PURPOSE: To review current literature on Coats disease and provide a structured framework for differentiating challenging clinical features in Coats disease patients. METHODS: We critically reappraise historical and current literature and present clinical methods for developing a thorough differential diagnosis and management strategy for Coats disease. RESULTS: Coats disease is a sporadic, usually unilateral condition typically occurring in young males. When untreated, this disorder can lead to total exudative retinal detachment and secondary glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS: Anti-VEGF agents are currently a treatment option in combination with ablative therapy of telangiectatic vessels. Anti-VEGF agents appear particularly useful for patients with extensive areas of exudative retinal detachment, and are an effective treatment option for total retinal detachment.

Pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis and management of coats disease / A. Grosso, M. Pellegrini, M.G. Cereda, C. Panico, G. Staurenghi, E.J. Sigler. - In: RETINA. - ISSN 0275-004X. - (2015 Apr). [10.1097/IAE.0000000000000485]

Pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis and management of coats disease

G. Staurenghi
Penultimo
;
2015

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PURPOSE: To review current literature on Coats disease and provide a structured framework for differentiating challenging clinical features in Coats disease patients. METHODS: We critically reappraise historical and current literature and present clinical methods for developing a thorough differential diagnosis and management strategy for Coats disease. RESULTS: Coats disease is a sporadic, usually unilateral condition typically occurring in young males. When untreated, this disorder can lead to total exudative retinal detachment and secondary glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS: Anti-VEGF agents are currently a treatment option in combination with ablative therapy of telangiectatic vessels. Anti-VEGF agents appear particularly useful for patients with extensive areas of exudative retinal detachment, and are an effective treatment option for total retinal detachment.
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